EPIGRAMS FROM "ENDYMION."
The ..following scraps; of epigram are culled • "from Lord Beaconsfield's novel Jbidyiniori :*-* ' "A little knowledge of-the world is a .rery dangerous thing, especially in literature.
" The only nse of being in opposition is that we may enjoy ourselves." "When a nation is thoroughly perplexed and dispirited, they soon cease to wake distinctions between political parties. The country is out of sorts, and the Government is held answerable for the disorder. "Sensible men are all of the same religion. And what is that? Sensible men never tell."
' Great men should think of opportunity and not of t time. Time is the excuse of feeble and puzzled spirits." , '*. Every political party changes i|s principals on an average once in ten years.
"Dynasties are unpopular, especially new ones. rThe present; age is monarchial tut not dynastic." . T "T^aji; hecatomb they call a wedding breakfast which celebrates the triumph of a rival."
" Everything in this world depends upon Will." '♦ I think everything depends upon woman." •• It is the same thing." "One should never think of deaththink of.life—that is real piety."
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3861, 14 May 1881, Page 4
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179EPIGRAMS FROM "ENDYMION." Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3861, 14 May 1881, Page 4
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