Words of the Wise.
A man can't be too careful in the ichoice of his enemies.—Wilde.
The great principle of human satis faction is engagement. —Palutus.
Political changes should never be made save after overcoming great resistance. —Herbert Spencer.
They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing.—Shakespeare.
Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an enchanted value. —Emerson.
Those who always speak well of women do not know them well enough; those who, always speak ill of them do not know them at all.' —Lebrun.
Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world. —Lander.
Covetousness and love of quarrelling are dangerous dispositions even in children, and deadly dispositions in men and nations. —Euskin. *
Friendship is seldom truly tried but in extremes. To find friends when we have no need for them, and to want them when we have, are both alike, easy and common. —Feltham.
If instead of a gem or even a flower we could cast the gift of a lovely thought into the heart of a frlen*, that would we giving as the angels must give.—George McDonald.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13523, 6 October 1916, Page 7
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