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Show . Kailuro Is a good, gru leather. Expectation without effort Is dream- '" - Popularity is not a certificate of , character. Suspicion has sharp eyes; love has sharper. Trudging perseverance .eclipses aer-Dplaning aer-Dplaning luck. Good leaders are few atEuiftf as few as good followers. Yes, Mr. Sparkle, shine all you can, (o enlighten, not to dazzle. A hearty effort will often accomplish accom-plish more than a skilful one. To be fearless in the presence of real peril is not courage; it is rashness. rash-ness. The making of plans should be something more than a pleasant mental men-tal exercise. He is wise who does not allow undue un-due satisfaction or undue regret to cheat him out of the benefit of a trying try-ing experience. In ocean voyaging submerged icebergs ice-bergs are a most dangerous factor, and the subtlest menace to society is the secret, oath-bound criminal order. 1 . The old and the new are not com-' com-' r.:;iitors, any more than spring and summer are. The old is a preparation for, a prophecy and promise of the . new. The life of yesterday it iB every day the same. Strife you find among the servants; gossip among barbers. A servant in a strange town may be taken for a high oOicer. Because I must die, I will eat; because be-cause I must live, I will work. The ox of an enemy shall eat weeds; one's own ox shall lie in fat pasture. When the seed corn is not good, germs will not spurt and grain will not grow. The enemy will not be scattered in front of the gate of them whose weapons wea-pons are not strong. The liberality of the king insures the liberality of the magnate; the be-pevolence be-pevolence of the governor. Enter into friendship the very first day and thou dost thereby deliver thyself thy-self into everlasting servitude. 6 Here are some proverbs which have translated from coneiform insertions on bricks recently found at Babylon. If, I consume all my garlic when the wind blows, my heart will be troubled when the rainy season sets in. Thou prt so offensive that when thou goest into the river the water becomes foul, and when thou goest into the garden the fruit becomes bitter. |