Eontenelle was asked by a courtier nt Versailles what difference there was between a clock and a woman ? He instantly replied. "A clock serves to point out the hours, and a woman to make us forget them."
A man asking another, whom lie was about to help to chicken, whether he wished the leg or wing. "Itis a matter of perfect indifference to me," said the other. " And infinitely more so to me," replied the carver, laying down the knife and fork, and resuming his own dinner.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 912, 28 January 1868, Page 3
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87Untitled Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 912, 28 January 1868, Page 3
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