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BE CLEAN. When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein j Omit the oaths, which true tvit cannot need: Pick out of tales the mirth, but not . the sin, He pares his apple that will cleanly feed. ..... Pick out of mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness. These are the scum with'which coarse wits abound; The fine may spare these well, yet not go less. 4 All things are big with jest: nothing that’s plain But may be witty, if thou bast the vein. \ GEORGE HERBERT. # * * * Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. # * * # « * We all have secret sins; and if we knew ourselves we should not judge each other harshly. GEORGE ELIOT. '
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1929, Page 1
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119FRIENDLY COUNSEL Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1929, Page 1
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