SOME MODERN QUOTATIONS
Troubles !are like babies—they grow larger by nursing. Never judge a man’s actions until yoyu know his motive. Madder is used in colouring red,., and red will make a cow madder It’s hard for the average man to swallow his pride without choking. .. The held is but a little thing, yeyt it governs the course of the ship. A defective stomach keeps more people awake than a guilty conscience. Everybody knows when a girl bleaches her hair. She can’t keep it dark. Some people have faith in odd numbers —and the favourite is number one. A gruff old bachelor alway looks under . the head of marriage notices for news of the weak. Life is short, only four letters in it. Three-quarters of it is a "lie,’’ and half of it is an "if.’’ Three dangerous courses—the course of time, the course of true love, and the racecourse. Nothing worries a girl more than to discover that the man after her own heart isn’t after it at all. Never argue with women. The man who spins a yarn among silks and satins is sure to be worsted. There are three things the wise man keeps on good terms with—his wife, his stomach and his conscience. ; . r
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1514, 7 March 1901, Page 59
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208SOME MODERN QUOTATIONS New Zealand Mail, Issue 1514, 7 March 1901, Page 59
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