PITHY POINTERS
Y,ui can Hatter any man by telling him he is llatteiv-proof. When wise men net the wor-t of it, (hev make the 1,0,1 ol il. An export is a man who is able lo impress on us how liltle we know. The philanthropy of some people consists of a willingness" l„ pass the hal. The secret of sue,-, lies in the man. and not in the material lie works ~n. Many people slop their friends in the street (o tell them how busy they are. j A person isn't neoes-arilv -man iu-t because he savs some things that are. Tim man who fails seldom gets any | sympathy from the man who ha- never 1 tried.
The reason sfune ] pie slay out of debt is that 110 one will let them get in. Man Wants but little here below, but even that little he usually keeps on wanting.
Couteniinont consists in wanting what we have, instead of what wc can't get.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 252, 17 October 1908, Page 4
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162PITHY POINTERS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 252, 17 October 1908, Page 4
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