INSPIRING THOUGHTS
THE HUMAN RACE. 'The human rate may, for practical purposes,- he divided into three parts : 1, honest men, who mean to do right, and do it; 2, knaves, who mean to do wrong and do it; 3, fools, who meant to do whichever of the two is pleasanter. C. Kingsley.. ■Jf * . * * We rejoice in the joy of friends as much as we do in our own, and we are equally grieved at their sorrows. Wherefore the wise man will feel towards his friends as he does towards himself, and whatever labour he would encounter with a view to his own pleasure, he will encounter also for the sake of that of his friend. Cicero. dt * ♦ Say “No” when it i s hard to say it, for that is usually the right time. The person that cannot say “No,” because lie dislikes to offend, quickly becomes’ the tool of the unscrupulous It is better to lie strong than it is to be popular, and to keep strong one may be obliged to sacrifice a temporary popularity.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 September 1931, Page 1
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177INSPIRING THOUGHTS Hokitika Guardian, 2 September 1931, Page 1
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