Maxioms by Norman Douglas
Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.
Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.
To find a friend one must close one eye -- to keep him, two.
To find a friend one must close one eye -- to keep him, two.
How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.
How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this read more
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark the end of their capacities. They can't even attend to the elementary animal requirements of their offspring. It is quite surprising how many children survive in spite of their mothers.
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
