It’s no use crying over spilt milk; it only makes it salty for the cat.
John Lentell
Rhodesia Herald
15th April, 1971
Thursday’s Piece
Month: June 2016
Wednesday’s Piece
My theology, briefly,
Is that the Universe
Was dictated
But not Signed.
(Christopher Morley, 1890 – 1957)
John Lentell
Rhodesia Herald
14th April, 1971
Tuesday’s Piece
And Noah often said to his wife when he sat down to dine,
I don’t care where the water goes if it doesn’t get into the wine.
(G. K. Chesterton, 1874 – 1936)
John Lentell
Rhodesia Herald
13th April, 1971
(Image: Drunkenness of Noah by Giovanni Bellini)
Monday’s Piece
God created woman. And boredom did indeed cease from that moment – but many other things ceased as well. Woman was God’s second mistake.
(Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844 – 1900)
John Lentell
Rhodesia Herald
12th April, 1971
(Photo of my mother, Sylvia, circa late 1960s)
Sunday’s Piece
My son, these maxims make a rule,
An’ lump them aye thegither;
The Rigid Righteous is a fool,
The Rigid Wise anither.
(Robert Burns, 1759 – 1796)
John Lentell
Rhodesia Herald
11th April, 1971
Saturday’s Piece
I love you,
Not only for what you are,
But for what I am
When I am with you.
I love you
Not only for what
You have made of yourself
But for what you are making of me.
(Roy Croft)
John Lentell
Rhodesia Herald
9th April, 1971
Friday’s Piece
A jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.
(Friedrich Schiller, 1759 -1805)
John Lentell
Rhodesia Herald
8th April, 1971
