Some Shavian Shafts.

Cue (NZERS), Issue 34, 31 October 1945, Page 5

Some Shavian Shafts.

I never expect a soldier to think. ❖ * ❖ He who has never hoped can never despair. •t* w* ».» -e Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. * * * The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. What God hath joined together no man shall ever put asunder; God will take care of that. ❖ ❖ tj: The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned. $ $ $ $ As an old soldier I admit the cowardice: it’s as universal as seasickness, and matters just as little. « * ❖ Do not do unto others as you would they should do* unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. * ❖ * « ■ Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. $ $ ❖ * When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its womanshood.