E. W. Howe ou Edgar Watson Howe foi um escritor de novelas estadunidense.
“O casamento tem muito de um circo; não existe nele tudo quanto anunciado na propaganda.”
Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising
Edgar Watson Howe in: Country Town Sayings (1911) citado em "The international thesaurus of quotations" - Página 385, de Rhoda Thomas Tripp - publicado por Crowell, 1970 ISBN 0690445849, 9780690445848 - 1088 páginas
“Quando os comensais se conhecem bem, comem 20% a mais.”
Where the guests at a gathering are well-acquainted, they eat 20 per cent more than they otherwise would.
E. W. Howe, in: Country town sayings (1911) citado em "The international thesaurus of quotations" - Página 170, de Rhoda Thomas Tripp - 1970 - 1088 páginas
“Em vez de amar teus inimigos, trata teus amigos um pouco melhor.”
Instead of loving your enemy, treat your friend a little better.
Ventures in Common Sense - Página 234, de E. W. Howe - READ BOOKS, 2008, ISBN 1409789705, 9781409789703 - 272 páginas
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
Edgard Watson Howe, em 1911, conforme citado em "EveryWoman's emotional well-being" - página 122, Carol Tavris, Dianne L. Chambless - Doubleday, 1986, ISBN 0385185618, 9780385185615 - 487 páginas
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“When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.”
Travel Letters from New Zealand, Australia and Africa (1913), p120.
