THE GREAT MISTAKES OF LIFE.
Somebody has- condensed the great mistakes of life and arrived at the conclusion that there„jire fourteen of them. tj.ii Mast people would say, if they tokl the truth, that there is no limit to "the mistakes of life; that they are like the drops in the ocean or the sands on the shore in number. But here are the fourteen great mistakes:
To vield to immaterial trifles. To look for perfection in our own actions. ~ „ r To endeavour to mould all dispositions alike- . . To expect "uniformity of opinion m this world. v , To expect to be able to understand ■everything. . To believe only what our finite mimta can grasp. To look for judgment and experience in youth. .- . . To measure the enjoyment.of others by our own. ' l ■-. . Not to make allowances.for the.infirmities of others. . '•* To consider everything impossible that we cannot perform. - "- To worry ourselves and others with what canhpt be remedied. It is a great mistake to f.«et up our own standard and judge others by it. Not to alleviate all that needs alleviation just'as far as it is in our power. ' The greatest mistake is to live tor time alone, when any moment may launch us into eternity.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 December 1913, Page 2
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204THE GREAT MISTAKES OF LIFE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 December 1913, Page 2
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