The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-12-21
GEMS OF THOUGHT.


iction
some men,
A lot OF people know more than they
can find out.
stitch in time can sew up the
mouths Of most gossips
And are not life's fascinators the
f1atterers?
Acting right is bread and butter to a
woman
The only sure defense is self-de
tense.
The only sure dependence is self.
dependence.
i Words are the carriages in which
thoughts ride, SO the human body is
the souls chariot
What is morally wrong cannot be
commercially right
DO good deeds with effect, not for
effect
A man often hits his enemy harder
by not striking.
The stranded actor always says thar
! he hasn't show on earth
Better the pushing pessimist than the
| dreaming optimist
The active saint is never satisfied
with the nimble nickel
A good many sins walk under the
name of Circumstances
The man without reverence should
not be trusted with power.
A man attracts by what is in him
! more than by what he has on.
| A man may not have any teeth and
yet indulge in biting sarcasm.
1t takes the living Christ to make
| the ike Christian
| Too many preachers think that elO-
quence is matter of accent.
No man was ever pulled down by
! lifting another up.
Men will never think alike as long
as they think at ALL
| A mans position in the world de-
ponds on his purpose
He who builds for eternity should
keep in touch with the quarries.
The less religion a man has the
mora he thinks be can give away.
Ii words were wings heaven would
! have needed charging long ago.
/ Love covers sins, but it does not
conceal them.
Nothing lifts one higher than love
| for the lowly.
Croakers always advertise their own
swamps.
Every sorrow may he the seed of
some great JOY.
You can generally size up man by
| the things he doesn't do
A man has clothes to put on; a
woman to show Off
Faith is ever the best guardian of
| Freedom.
Fame is not to be bought with small
change in the market place.
| To live for appearances is to enrobe
oneself in garlands for the grave.
The belief in an absentee God goes
with that in an omnipresent devil
| The preacher who has something to
| say always knows when he has said
! if.
| To be satisfied with what we have
| is to have but little with which to be
| satisfied.
The noblest aim of a government
| is the awakening of a peoples con-
science
Eternal vigilance is not only the
price of liberty, but the price of So
briefly.
A nickels worth of religion is likely
| to be all used up before you get to the
church door.
Judged by some families the world
would not be much better if all men
were brothers.
The belief in Immortality has done
more for the world than, printing,
steam and electricity combined.
Worldly goods have no other value
than their use in the attainment of
moral ends Of national ideals.
The egotist boasts that he has
never had the wool pulled over hi
U.s.
Many man who used to be known
as a good fellow" has turned over a
new leaf and reformed
Ii Heavens streets are paved vii
gold, the pessimist will want to take
along little acid for testing purposes.
1t may be great satisfaction to be
able to do some boasting, but it brings
little in the way of practical returns.
It is an easy thing for healthy man
to be happy, but a diseased body, is
the mother of disordered affections.
Don't place too much confidence in
appearances A genius sometimes
wears good clothes.
Whatever lives in a nations soul
must sooner or later receive express
ion in public deeds.
Wisdom, moderation and concili-
alton are all virtues and are the fruits
of political ripeness and adaptability.
I know fellow who boasts that he
is as honest as the day is long. Per-
haps he is I've only met him at
night.
Alone constant, beautiful and adj
Vanta0oOuS TO tha hottest aims IF hu