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Art is long, and life is short, but the platitudes concerning them are both insufferable and eternal. We must remember that a general statement is merely a snap shot at flying truth, an instantaneous photograph of a moving body. ART IS LONG AND LIFE IS SHORT BUT THE PLATITUDES CONCERNING THEM ARE BOTH INSUFFERABLE AND ETERNAL WE MUST REMEMBER THAT A GENERAL STATEMENT IS MERELY A SNAP SHOT AT FLYING TRUTH AN INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPH OF A MOVING BODY
ing is quite true. Even Truth lies at the bottom of a well and not infrequently in other places. No assertion is one whit truer than its opposite." A mild buzz of protest rose about him. Kennaston smiled and cocked his head on one side. "We have, for example," he pointed out, "a large number of proverbs, the small coin of conversation, received everywhere, whose value no one disputes. They are rapped forth, like an oath, with an air of settling the question once and forever. Well! there is safety in quotations. But even the Devil can cite Shakespeare for his purpose. 'Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day' agrees ill with 'Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof'; and it is somewhat difficult to reconcile 'Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves' with the equally familiar 'Penny-wise, pound-foolish.' Yet the sayings are equally untrue; any maxim is, perforce, a general statement, and therefore fallacious, and therefore universally accepted. LL THE PRAISE HE HAS NEVER RECEIVED NOTHING IS QUITE TRUE EVEN TRUTH LIES AT THE BOTTOM OF A WELL AND NOT INFREQUENTLY IN OTHER PLACES NO ASSERTION IS ONE WHIT TRUER THAN IT'S OPPOSITE A MILD BUZZ OF PROTEST ROSE ABOUT HIM CONNASTON SMILED AND COCKED HIS HEAD ON ONE SIDE WE HAVE FOR EXAMPLE HE POINTED OUT A LARGE NUMBER OF PROVERBS THE SMALL COIN OF CONVERSATION RECEIVED EVERYWHERE WHOSE VALUE NO ONE DISPUTES THEY ARE WRAPPED FORTH LIKE AN OATH WITH AN AIR OF SETTLING THE QUESTION ONCE AND FOREVER WELL THERE IS SAFETY IN QUOTATIONS BUT EVEN THE DEVIL CAN CITE SHAKESPEARE FOR HIS PURPOSE NEVER PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TO DAY AGREES ILL WITH SUFFICIENT UNTO THE DAY IS THE EVIL THEREOF AND IT IS SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO RECONCILE TAKE CARE OF THE PENCE AND THE POUNDS WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES WITH THE EQUALLY FAMILIAR PENNYWISE POUND FOOLISH YET THE SAYINGS ARE EQUALLY UNTRUE ANY MAXIM IS PERFORCE A GENERAL STATEMENT AND THEREFORE FALLACIOUS AND THEREFORE UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED
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