One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool.
Edgar Watson Howe Quotations
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Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have.
Express a mean opinion of yourself occasionally; it will show your friends that you know how to tell the truth.
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.
Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.
Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
A poem is no place for an idea.
I express many absurd opinions, but I am not the first man to do it American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.