MARMADUKE

New Zealand Tablet, 16 May 1918, Page 28

MARMADUKE

The brilliant < contributor to London Truth who used to write the column known as “Maxims From Marmaduke” was a Catholic gentleman named Charles Edward Jerningham. Some of his cleverest sayings have been collected and published in a neat little volume which is well worth having on one’s shelves. We have not space here for any of his longer sketches, but a few short maxims will illustrate the talent of the writer. We select those which deal with men and manners : There are two varieties of clever people; the clever and the too clever.' Good manners come from the heart, not from the head. Men generally love gold for the evil they can do with it; seldom for the good. We hate less those we see through than those who see through us. Rely less on Dreadnoughts; more on perambulators. .Wisdom is the perception of the unimportance of the things we call great, and of the importance of the things we call «m ill. Originally an animal, man has been improved by circumstances, and may eventually develop into a perfect beast.