Cryptoquote Spoiler – 05/05/18

“Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.”   —   William Lyon Phelps

(A very nice way . . . for a cranky old man . . . to put it!  I didn’t say that he was wrong.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 12/18/13

  

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“This is the first test of a gentleman:  His respect for those who can be of no possible value to him.”   —   William Lyon Phelps

(Kind of an awkward phrasing of a sentiment that I believe we all should ascribe to.  I attribute it to the late 19th, or early 20th, century mindset of the author.  Anybody and everybody can teach someone something – sometimes many things – that they did not know before.  And, in that alone there is value.  At least he didn’t refer to them as the little people.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR 

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