WORDS OF THE WISE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 67, 18 March 1916, Page 22

WORDS OF THE WISE.

The soortest road to licit* lies throngu , contempt of riches.—Seneca. < This life It tie cradle In which we ate f prepared for toe life to come.—Joubert. t The more powerful an obstacle, the more ( glory we nave Iβ overcoming It.—Mollere. ( Think more of the'llvlng and less of the i dead; for the dead have a world of their own.—Tyers. The world Is a nettle; disturb X, it etlnge. Grasp It firmly, It stings not.— Owen Meredith. A woman Is the most ineossjateat com--1 pound of obstinacy and self-sacrifice that ; I am acquainted with. —BlcAtex. Beauty does not consist merely in tne • shape or colouring of the face-. . . Beauty - is expression.—Jean Francois Millet. This Is the true nature of borne— it v the place of peace; the shelter not only , from all injury, bat from all terror, doubt, and dlrision.—Jloekin. , • Since Goodness Is Omnipotence. ! By Evil why are we oppressed? < 1 Because alone at its expense ! > The Good Itself can manifest. The yoke of care Is worse than the yoke of men; yet he who hath shaken off the 5 one bears the other patiently.—Petrarch. > ■ 3 The soul cannot keep up continuously those great mental efforts which are sometimes reached. It only comes up to them at a bound, and for a moment. —Pascal. 1 If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through, lite.,, he will soon find himself left alone. A man should keep his friendship In repair.— ' Johnson. r . s Always remember that If the opportunity j for great deeds never comes to you the opportunity for doing good deeds Is renewed for day by day. The thing for ■Uβ 0 to live Is for the goodness, not the glory.— J F " rar - ' , J 1 There are naturae sent down into this 3 harsh world so timorous, sensitive, and helpj less In .themselves that the utmost stretch of Indulgence and kindness Is needed for tbelr development—like plants which the 3 warmest shelf of the greenhouse and the most watchful care of tie gardener alone 'j can bring into flower.—Harriet Beecher Stowe. . j I hare to do with *■ great number of young men studying at Oxford. I asked some of them how ..tSey. thought two or t three years' absence was eomg to interfere j with their careers. One; turned and said: i '"I don't expect to have a career." Dorena s of them tell mc that Jhey go into Dattie 1 expecting to be killed, saying to themselves: 1 "Well, so many have got to be killed for 7 this great cause—why should it be any j but myselft—Dr. George.■Jα. Parkin, of the Uhodes Scholarship Fund. f

The Important belief Is freewill. . . . For mc and my conduct there Iβ much wide practical margin -of freedom. lam free and responsibly .making the future, 60 far m I am concerned. You others are equally free. On that theory I find my life will work, and on a theory of mechanical predestination nothing works. I take tne former theory, therefore, for my everyday purposes, and as a matter of fact so does everybody else. I regard myself as. a free responsible person among free responsible persons.—H. G. Wells.

TVhatsoeTer her children's troes, Nature pursues her broad and tranquil way.! Every unhappy soul, she knows, la In her large bands. This pain they Buffer she knows Is only growing pain, the rack upon which man comes to higher stature.—'Arabella Keaealy. An appointment Is a contract, express or Implied, and he -who does not keep It breaks faith, as 'well as dishonestly uses other people's time, and thus Inevitably loses character.."—Smllee. .... . i?

CShrlst obvlonely leaves ug freedom to { use common sonse. natural seose, asuse the direct gift of the Creator of the brain la dealing with property and btwiness. We only know of one rich man whom he told to give »way wfcat was" ruining hi* character.—Dr. W. T. GrenfeU. The tnie u-omsn, Dy her example, her precepts, and her insight Into character, exerts' more influence for food in the world and docs more to elevate manklnc than the greatest statesman. . ' '•,...