Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Jan. 17, 2015)
Self Incrimination Lives of great men oft remind us As we o’er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us Letters that we ought to burn. …Thomas Hood Folk Saying […]
Self Incrimination Lives of great men oft remind us As we o’er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us Letters that we ought to burn. …Thomas Hood Folk Saying […]
Masquerade “In every walk of life each man puts on a personality and outward appearance so as to look what he wants to be thought: in fact you might say that society is entirely made […]
Maxim Cunning is a poor substitute for sagacity. … La Rochefoucauld A Toast To Church: The first time one goes he has water thrown on him, the second time he has rice thrown on him, […]
True Religion Tennyson had the British Empire for God, and Queen Victoria for Virgin Mary. … Lady Gregory A Modern Aphorism A wise man knows that there are questions to which there are no answers; and […]
Object Lesson Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are those that other people have lent me. …Anatole France From the Word Lab Humanitarians: […]
On Conversation One of the reasons why so few people are to be found who seem sensible and pleasant in conversation is that almost everybody is thinking about what he wants to say himself rather […]
From a Native American The white man who is our agent is so stingy that he carries a linen rag in his pocket into which to blow his nose, for fear he might blow away […]
One Way Street We always like those who admire us, but not always those we admire. … La Rochefoucauld Quia de Malo est Bona If it weren’t for volcanoes we wouldn’t have many beautiful mountains. […]
Words to Ponder In this time of political, economic, and personal disintegration, music is not a luxury, it is a necessity; not simply because it is therapeutic, nor because it is the universal language, but because it is the persistent focus […]
He Should Know It takes a great man to be a good listener. … Calvin Coolidge Strange Advice Be careful of your virtues; they may turn out to be vices. Yugoslavian Proverb He […]
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