AXIOMS

Shannon News, 2 August 1927, Page 4

AXIOMS

Many ' a black hat is an example of darkness that may be felt.

It is usually the forward boy who is backward at school. Don’t assume that a deaf man can not hear the voice of conscience. Be sure that you are right, but don’t be too sure that everybody else is wrong.

A woman’s description of her ideal man, never, by any chance, fits her husband.

You can’t fool the authorities these days. You have to have a birth certificate to prove that you were born. Some women dress to please men, others to annoy other women.

A pessimist is a man who prefers artificial sunlight to the real thing. After being given away at the altar, many a young bride finds that she has been sold.

Why some wives don't complain of their husbands is because they’re not worth mentioning. Our idea of a sceptic is a man who Sees twenty people waiting for the elevator and then goes up and pushes the button.

There are two literary maladies — writer’s cramp and swelled head. The worst of writer’s cramp is that it is never cured: the worst of swelled head is that it never kills.