Unusual Adage
Prudent cruelty is better than foolish pity.
… Thomas Fuller
Sportsmanship
He lost the game;
No matter for that—
He kept his temper,
He swung his hat
And cheered the winners—
A better way,
Than to lose his temper
And win the day.
Beware!
Gossip is the most deadly microbe
It has neither legs nor wings,
It is composed mostly of tales
And most of them have stings.
… E.E. Opdyke
A Ribald Palindrome
Eros? Sidney, my end is sore.
On Lying
Edo: Don’t you think that Wordsworth was right when he said: Heaven lies about us in our infancy?
Bedo: Sure, but he forgot to add that everybody lies about us in our maturity.
What’s in a Name?
Srmakeshkhanlian: Turkish in derivation, identified as an occupation, srma is defined as gold or silver thread, srmakesh as the worker who draws the thread, srmakeshkhan as the factory where such work is done, and srmakeshkhanli as the owner of the factory.
Source: Armenian Weekly
Link: Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (July 2, 2016)
