Worth Remembering.
A giving hand, though foul, shall have fair praise. Time conquers all, and we must all obey. —Pope. All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Think nothing in conduct unimportant or indifferent. Avoid passion and excitement; a moment’s anger may be fatal. Trust no seorets to a friend which, if reported, would make an enemy. As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every minute of time. Coleridge. Wealth has made more men covetous than covetousness has made men wealthy. Let no one suppose that by acting a good part through life he will escape scandal. There will be those even who hate hiih for the very qualities that ought to procure him esteem. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and 99W, Wf repent of having eaten _
too little. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. How much pain the evils have cost us that have never happened. Those things are generally best remembered which ought most to be forgotten. Not seldom the surest remedy of the evil consists in forgetting it.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 897, 10 May 1889, Page 7
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186Worth Remembering. New Zealand Mail, Issue 897, 10 May 1889, Page 7
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