THINGS NEVER TO BE DONE.
Never attempt to write an original article unlesss your scissors are sharp. Everybody likes an incisive writer. Never talk of yourself in a country where forty odd millions of people are bent on talking of themselves. Never ask a question unless you intend t6 pay attention to the answer. There is no joy in life comparable to the joy of airing your knowledge. Give your friend a chance to air his. Be will love you with a love 1 surpassing that of woman. Never say that you have heard before what your friend has evidently taken great pleasure in telling you. His delight at finding you equally well informed with himself may not be so great as you had imaginedNever look a gift horse in the mouth while the donor is present. After he is gone it is a duty. The proper study for a horseman is the horse. Never tell a secret to a woman. If you can't keep it yourself, why expect she will be able to keep it herself? Never fret about tomorrow's weather. If to-day's weather is pleasant, enjoy it. You may be so fortunate as to escape to-morrow's storm by getting smashed on the railway or blown up on the steamboat.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3600, 10 July 1880, Page 4
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211THINGS NEVER TO BE DONE. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3600, 10 July 1880, Page 4
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