Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1909 — Wisdom of the Empircist. [ARTICLE]

Wisdom of the Empircist.

Most people entertain the delusion that their opinions are arguments. .They do not bolster “I think” with “because.” Heaven gives us our relatives, but in compensation allows us to choose our friends. The trouble with proverbs is that you have to make the whole calendar of mistakes before you can understand them. No man can' make a million dollars out of his own labor.. He must buy the labor of others and sell it at a profit. Would you rather be right than prosperous? —St. Louis Globe-Democrat.