Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1909 — Humor and Philosophy [ARTICLE]

Humor and Philosophy

By DUNCAN M. SMITH

PERT PARAGRAPHS. The Amount of egotism that some people manage to flourish with is a matter of constant astonishment to most modest mortals. Some misinformation has such a convincing sound that it is so hard to resist it Why worry since we have forgotten what we wanted last year and don’t know what we may want next? There are two sides to anything, but what of it? You can’t be in two places at the same time. In order to make a fool of himself all a man has to do is to let his conceit have a half chance and it will do the rest. There is this about the cocksure man—he has all the benefit of knowing that he is right, even after he is proved wrong. It would be nice to be able to do anything if it were not for the fact that In that case people would expect you to do something.

Not Many of Them. “I always try to be affable to my Inferiors.” “Indeed!” “Yes. invariably.” “At that yon aren’t called on to exercise your affability a great deal, are yon?’

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