Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1917 — WISE AND OTHERWISE [ARTICLE]

WISE AND OTHERWISE

When the devil finds a busy man he goes away on tiptoe. It is easier to love an enemy after you get the better of him. A man may be heart and soul in the war and yet be bodily absent. — — If you have plenty of dust it is apt difficult to blind the public eye. Every shadow points to the sun and sorrow helps us to appreciate happiness; Rumor is gossip’s strong'fort and truth is the 42-centimeter gun that reduces it. A rolling stone gathers no moss; but there are lots of people who don’t use mossin their business. It is easy to pardon one’s own faults, which may be considered fortunate, since they are so many. Before marriage a girl wants a man to write love letters, but after marriage nothing but checks will do. When a man tells his wife that he is staying downtown late in order to get a balance he is likely to lose it on the way home. ' '