"FOURTEEN MISTAKES."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 846, 18 June 1910, Page 15

"FOURTEEN MISTAKES."

WISE AND WITTY SAYINGS OP A JUDGE. . At a mooting of the. Firemen of London, Judge Rentoul gave an address on "Tho Fourteen Mistakes of Life." It was tho wise, witty, charmin«;, and tender cloqiionco of a man who has had a long and wide experience'of life in its gay and in its most tragic phases, and who lias plucked from tho heart of it ono great lessontolerance. Ho apologised for his audacity in speaking about the mistakes of lilo «}' explaining that, as,every member or Parliament knows, a man can only learn tho order of the House by breaking all its rules. "I have broken all tho rules of life," said Judge Rentoul, "frequently and remarkably, and therefore I may claim to understand them perfectly." . , The fourteen mistakes of life iviiicii this jiid<*o of human nature sot down had different titles, but. all of them could have been put under the headings of self-conceit, bigotry, and intolerance. Hero are some of his aphorisms:— "We seldom admit'that we arc wrong until we receive a writ for libel." "Wo gather together a _ bundle of prejudices and call it conscience." _ Politics aro pure lanity. »e ]om a political party, not because we agree, with it, but because it agrees with us. "A bore is a man who wishes to keep talking about himself when I wish to talk about myself." "Old proverbs are used by stupid men to clench an argument. They arc mostly false. 'Every rulo has its excoption.' How about the rulo that a man must be present when lio is being shaved?" "Our sons are terribly foolish fellows! But from whom did they inherit their, traits?" ■ "When you go to a city banquet pay attention, not to tho master, but to the senior warden. The' men who aro down to-day may bo up to-morrow." "There was a chaplain who preached at Leeds beforo tho assizes on the text oh' Judge not. . It was a trifle awkward for the judges I"