Fraternity-Testvériség, 1963 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1963-02-01 / 2. szám
FRATERNITY 11 LET’S SMILE If you can’t think of any other way to flatter a man, tell him he’s the kind who can’t be flattered. ★ ★ ★ Someone asked Mr. Einstein one day what kind of weapons would be used in the third world war. “Well”, he answered, “I don’t know — things are progressing so rapidly; but I can tell you what they’ll use in the fourth world war. They’ll use rocks.” ★ ★ ★ A dollar may not do as much for you as it used to, but you don’t do as much for a dollar, either. ★ ★ ★ Let every father remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice. ★ ★ ★ Medical science says whiskey can’t cure the common cold. However, neither can medical science. ★ ★ ★ Modern paintings are like women. You’ll never enjoy them if you try to understand them. ★ ★ ★ It seems that every time you’re about to catch up with the Joneses, they re-finance. ★ ★ ★ He who occupies a place in the sun must expect some blisters. ★ ★ ★ No matter what other nations may say about us, immigration is still the sincerest form of flattery. ★ ★ ★ A small boy’s ambition: To grow up and be a farmer so he can get paid for not raising spinach. ★ ★ ★ No man in the world has more determination than he who can stop after eating one peanut. ★ ★ ★ Many a wife has helped her husband to the top of the ladder — then decided the picture would look better on the other wall. ★ ★ ★ A SIMILE FOR SILENCE Fourth graders in one of New York City’s schools for gifted children were asked to complete a sentence beginning: “Let’s be as quiet as . . .” Some of the answers, as reported in the N. Y. Times: “. . . a leaf turning colors”; “. . . a feather falling from a bird”; “. . . time passing by”; “. . . the first star coming out.”
