MAXIMS OF GEORGE V.
The police of Buenos Aires have been given cards bearing six maxims attributed to his late Majesty, King George V., with matter explaining their application to the conduct of a good police constable. The maxims are: Teach me to play, the game; not to cry for the moon and not to cry over spilled milk; to win if I can, but, if I cannot, then to be a good loser; to distinguish between sentiment and eentimentaliem, respecting the first and despising the second; not to accept, and not to offer, flattery,
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 268, 11 November 1937, Page 22
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