WIT AND WISDOM FROM NEW BOOKS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 288, 9 November 1912, Page 4 (Supplement)

WIT AND WISDOM FROM NEW BOOKS.

“ The difference between, cleverness and ignorance is that the clever ones get what they want and don’t waste time wanting what they can’t get; and the fools cry for the moon.” —“ The Forest on the Hill/'’ by Eden Phillpot-ts.

“ Married jreople get along much, better than we think they do, even though we don’t see how they possibly can.’’ — “ Commoners’ Kights,” by Constance Smedley.

“ A woman may be shocked if you make love t-o her, but she is disappointed if you don’t.”—“ The Well-Inten-tioned,” by A. Stodart-Walker.

“ A new dressmaker is a new era in a woman's life, and every woman lores a new era.’’—“ The Modern Market Place,” by “ Coronet.” * * *

“ People marry whom they must — they love whom they please.”—“ The Emporium/’ by Alec Holmes.

A"o is nothing Time is nothing! Love is sill“ Through the Postern Gate.” by Florence Barclay. * * * *

“ The worst- of regular habits is that people about you are scandalized when you break them.”—The Dewpond,” by Charles Marriott.

“Life is not a solemn tiring. Pathetic, yes; tragi?,, often; squalid, splendid, crazy, jolly, lit with dreams and laughter, an immense iokc, and a Mack grief — but solemn, never." —“'Views and -Vagabonds.’' by 11. Macaulay.