DROPS OF WISDOM
No one is defeated until he gives up. The short cut to happiness i# goodnes-. Industry is a better friend than talent. A man of ,-eibe talk- little and listen,; much. A wise man always pretends to take his wile's advice. It's nobility, not aristocracy, that helm 11 nation. It is sometimes «i.-er not to sec all in-ull than to avenge it. It's often the things we don't say which cause the least regret. 1 tie man who doesn't waul to work i- generally the one who lias to. Ambition eggs an actor on, but sometimes the audience egg him oil". We are all apt to lie prejudiced against what we don't understand. Ambition is more successful when unhampered by a tinder conscience. I.ove makes the ,vorld go round"— and sometimes part of it go " broke.'" Fortunately for their comfort, stupid people seldom realise their own stupid-
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 136, 30 May 1908, Page 3
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150DROPS OF WISDOM Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 136, 30 May 1908, Page 3
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