What they Say:

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20077, 6 April 1935, Page 12

W hat they Say:

Readers are invited to contribute to this column, sayings of notable people of any age, that have impressed them: “Whatever may be said about modern poetry, it docs at least enable its writers to be extremely amusing at each other s expense.”—Bonamy Dobree

! "How lovable Arnold Bennett was, ■ and yet he teas indifferent to Dickens." —Robert Lynn Contributed by T.W.E. “Not without design does God write I the music of our lives. Be it ours to | learn the tune and not be dismayed at the "rests." If we look up God will < beat the time for us." — Ruskin. Contributed by "Keren.” "Strange that men should sacrifice their best for gold, imperil their lives j and pawn their very honour for pro- \ fit." —Sabatini in “The Gates of j Doom." \ "Have I been weak to the strong or | bullying towards the weak?"—Donne Byrne in "Messa Marco Polo." “Strengthen my resolution to perform that which wisdom dictates."—Benjamin Franklin. “A juggler’s instant skill has been long years alearning."—M. Tupper. "Courage and great valour are required to fight the battles of the mind, even more than of the body."—Charles j Towers, in "Egfrid the Hostage." —Contributed by W. J. P. j Content is wealth, the riches of the mind, ; And happy he who can that treasure find. — Dryden. I I am not bound to win, but I am i bound to be true, j I am not bound to succeed, but I am i bound to live up to the Light I have. : 7 must stand with anybody that stands i j right—stand with him while he is right, and part with him when fu: goes wrong—Abraham Lincoln.