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Honest people don't hide their deeds (Emily Brontë, in Wuthering Heights)

 

A close, sultry day

Photo by Lute on Unsplash It was a close, sultry day, devoid of sunshine, but with a sky too dappled and hazy to threaten rain, and our place of meeting had been fixed at the guide stone by the crossroads. Emily Brontë (in Wuthering Heights )

Courtesy costs nothing (Kevin Kelly)

Courtesy costs nothing. Lower the toilet seat after use. Let the people in the elevator exit before you enter. Return shopping carts to their designated areas. When you borrow something, return it in better shape (filled up, cleaned) than when you got it. Kevin Kelly

Tommy Cooper

I went into a French restaurant and asked the waiter, "Have you got frog's legs?" He said, "Yes", so I said, "Well hop into the kitchen and get me a cheese sandwich."

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm (Aldous Huxley)

 

Talk less

Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash Talk less and ask more. Your advice is not as good, As you think it is.