Wit And Wisdom
Notice at a filling station in Wiltshire: “Don’t smoke near this pump. Your life may not be worth much, but petrol is.”
A well-known publisher was a cross-country runner in his younger days. He still leads the field in the paperchase. If you are at any time obliged to enter upon an argument give your reasons with the utmost coolness and modesty, two things which scarce ever fail of making an impression .on the hearers. Middle age is that time in life when you’d rather not have a good time than recover from it. The test of tolerance comes when we are in a majority; the test of courage comes when we are in a minority.—Ralph W. Sockman.
“It seems one person in three will soon be employed by the Government. The other two will be working.”—Scottish Sunday Post. A woman’s work is never done. And some women don’t seem to be ashamed of it, either. —Collier’s Magazine.
It might be equally said of girls and motor cars that a good paint job will conceal the years but' the lines tell the story.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 13, 18 July 1949, Page 8
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186Wit And Wisdom Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 13, 18 July 1949, Page 8
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