Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 182, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1910 — SAYINGS OF THE SAGES [ARTICLE]

SAYINGS OF THE SAGES

The only true conquests—those which awaken no regret—are those obtained over ignorance. The most honorable, as the most useful, pursuit of nations, is that which, contributes to the extension of human intellect — Napoleon.> The chronic mofd of looking longingly at what we have not. or thankfully at what we have, realizes two very different types of character. And we certainly can encourage the one or the other. —L. C. Smith. Absence destroys trifling intimacies,, but it invigorates strong ones.— Rochefoucauld. Get to work! diet to work! Be sure ’tis better than what you work to get—Browning. The friend shows me what I can do, the foe teaches me what I should, -—Schiller.