Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
Be Patient with FOOIs===T That
Is Most Important Art
If Were Not for 'he Fools" the Wise Man Would Be Less
Prosperous He Night Worry.

Copyright, 1879

Copyright 1881
There lived in the West very wise powerful man. whose
son, just out of college, running newspaper.
The his early wenties complained bitterly his
father that he had frequently with fools could
grasp idea.
The father replied solemny You learn be patient
with fools my There many of them they form large
part of the population.
If you don't understand hem you can't understand the
population And my boy you and might not be well off
we are if there were fewer fools in the world.
There wisdom boiled down few words readers
Take the wisdom to yourself, and make it useful.
Let ALL dearly beloved patient
especially with those that majestic self concet
akenly THINK fools happens sometimes in this queer
world that the individual take for fool something quite
different
All of those who looked Newton greatest
cian that lived said when boy that fool
and always would be- He fussng in the sand instead of
doing something else They didn't know that he working
out mathematical problems the dust with piece of stick
Nicholson, of the University of Chicago of the greatest
living scientists and winner of the Nobel prize Annapolis
with other young gentlemen studying be fierce naval fighter
The other young gentlemen nick named him Feeble Efforts
Nobody will remember any of THEM unless it is because
they at the Naval Academy WITH NICHOLSON He
rected knowledge the speed light and thus
reced all measurements of distances in And incidental
y he just concluding experiments testing the gity of the
EARTH which demonstrates the fact that this earth
rigid as it would be if made of solid steel
Interesting to those that have brains
Let have said learn patient FOOLS and
whenever possible realize that ourselves
and not the other who is a fool-very often
There fools in the world-many of them millions
But there only real kind of fool And he is the
who is patient free from self conceit willing
The who will learn and who will be patient never a
Be patient with FOOLS for praccng patience the
greatest possible value.
Genius is nothing but patience AND POWER.
The patience without the mental power not produce
But the mental power great trans
late itself into the work that call genius has the
infinite capacity for taking pains, which patience
Be patient with FOOLS for they the majority. And we
must make living from the majority get applause
the majority, and win victories the majority
Be patient with fools also dearly beloved men, because
this world would be uncomfortable for yo wise men, there
many fools in it.
There many men, ninety nine out of one
hundred really successful BECAUSE NOBODY GAVE
THEM SERIOUS COMPETITION
You put your finger the map hit any little town.
and find in prosperous successful newspaper.
GIVE 1T COMPETITION and you it in six months
And in the same town Main street. you will find very
prosperous successful merchant
Give him the of competition as bigger man could
give himand might find him driving bigger mans
delivery wagon, if he hadnt saved up money.
We succeed because the fools plentiful soft and easv
just as the woodlands sinks deep pen
tiful, soft and easy.
Give the steel to and the story be different and
the choppers will ache.
Take away the FOOLS the think they can succeed
without effort and life will harder more difficult prob
lem.
Study the fool be patient with him. you know him YOU
know more than half of the human race
And study yourself, AND DON'T BE PATIENT WITH
YOURSELF, and don't be afraid call yourself a fool
Your own criticism should weed the fool your
of the
the fools and the drunkards from among the people