IN PASSING.
Sink not, beneath imaginary sorrows. Dr. Johnson. To-day man sows the cause and God to-morrow ripens the effect.—Victor Hugo. It is best to dwell on merits, for it is those that arc most often overlooked. R. L. Stevenson. For one man that can stand prosperity there are a hundred that will stand adversity.—Thomas Carlyle. Men are more wont to he astonished at the sun's eclipse than at. the rising and setting thereof. —Anon. A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; hut depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. Bacon. If thou seest a man of understanding, got then betimes unto him, and let thy foot wear the steps of his door.—Book of Ecclesiflstieus. The archer has something in common with Iho sage; when ho misses his aim, he meditates, and seeks the mistake within himself. —Confucius. The thorns which I havo reaped aro of the tree I planted; they have torn me, and I bleed. I should havo known what fruit would spring from such a seed.— Byron. It is provided in the essence of things that from any fruition of success, no matter what, shall come forth something to make a greater struggle necessary.— Walt Whitman.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21254, 6 August 1932, Page 9 (Supplement)
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202IN PASSING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21254, 6 August 1932, Page 9 (Supplement)
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