Words of the Wise

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 October 1915, Page 3

Words of the Wise

—. * Who hesitates may save hiiusuli from los>> When snail we cease to believe tihat death and not life is important.— 'Maeterlinck. There is a paradox in pride; it makes some men ridiculous and prevents others from becoming so.—Uolton. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, Jiow to acquire without meaunesS.— George Sand. We shall not ; JSBcT it so difficult to love our enoniiets if we begin by pitying them. If in life's pathway there appears nothing - ahead but a blank wall, nuu'cJi boldly towards it and a gate will ue discovered. Dare to be true, notliing can need a lie. A fault which needs it most grows two thereby. Happiness is no easy matter; it '.» very hard to find it within ourselves, and impossible to lind it anywlTere else —Chamfort. It is a principle ol war that when you can use the thunderbolt, you pro ? for it to the cannon. Ernestness is t-liu thunderbolt.'—Napoleon. A selfish love for others is a contradiction in terms—it does not exist j for where true love is there is always self-effacement. Inveterate antipathies against par ticufar nations or persons, and passionate attachments to others, arc to bo avoided.—Washington. "In every part and corner of our lite, to lose oneself is to be gainer, (o forget oneself to bo nappy."—R. l< Stevenson.