Afternoon Teaisms
Rhymes and Wits
Ability without ambition is like kindling without the spark.
– Anonymous
A man who does not possess himself enough to hear disagreeable things without visible marks of anger and change of countenance, or agreeable ones without sudden bursts of joy and expansion of countenance is at the mercy of every artful knave or pert coxcomb.
– Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773)
Letter to his son, 22 May 1749
"You know you've reached middle age if...you've come to the annoying realization that your parents were right about almost everything.
– You Know You've Reached Middle Age If...
by Joey Green and Alan Corcoran
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