Thoughts of Master Minds.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 8 January 1918, Page 4

Thoughts of Master Minds.

1 "The best part, of our knowledge is that which tcacYies us where knowledge leaves off and ignorance begins.''—o. W. Holmes. "It is not true to say that necessity is the mother of invention; it is rather the mother of a few futile dodges."— Professor Whitehead. "The prosperity we see is hectic and unhealthy, because we are living on credit, like a dog eating its own tail.''— Lord Burnham. "We ought never to do wrong when people are looking."—Mark Twain. "The noblest motive is the public good.''—Virgil. "Abstinence is approved of God." — Chaucer. "Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.'' —Goldsmith. "There will be an insurrection if wages arc rcduced after the war."— Mr Sydney Webb. "Upon us at home the call for paticnce is almost sterner than for those afield."—Archbishop of Canterbury. "One whose falsehoods n" longer deceive has forfeited the right to speak truth.''—Ambrose Bierce. "We believe in our cause, and our goal is the liberty of the world.'' — Marquis of Crewo. "You may feol comfort in tho thought that angels are whispering peace to the quiet dead." —Dean of Rochester. "There is somebody wiser than you and wiser than all your counsellors, and that is everybody."—Talleyrand. . '' True friends regard us for what we «e, all other for what we appear to —Ncttie*Hall Austin. A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man; it is what he wants and must have to be good for anything."—John T^Tenl.