Saturday, May 24, 2008

Pearson, H. Gilbert: his life & strife 1957

14: G's father took up writing: "If he can do it, so can I". [The father followed in the son's footsteps]

20: Even when he had nothing to say he could say it in a column of prose or verse.

23: "I wanted to knock his brains out. Not in anger, but only to see" [Mark Twain]

27: You're so well‑bred, you ought to be buttered

38: An amusing idea overburdened by blank verse

151: On over‑advertising: "It really does not do to spread butter on both sides of the bread" [GBS]

246: Just enough education to assimilate information without being able to assess it

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