Word: proverbs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first thing that Smileage brings to my mind," said Major Henry Lee Higginson '55 in his address at the Smileage meeting yesterday, "is the old proverb, 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.' A man in the army, without any source of decent amusement, is very liable to suffer from a loss of morale." Major Higginson then went on to tell of the need of entertainment that prevailed during the Civil War as compared with excellent conditions now being provided at the army and navy cantonments...
...material that we cannot in any circumstances afford to lose. The material wastage annually is tabulated in billions of pounds. The human wastage cannot be computed. Statistics have been carefully gathered to show the extent of this drain on our national wealth. Contrary to the ignorant wisdom of proverb-mouthing fellows, figures do not lie. As a nation we must face without blindness the inevasible truth that the pleasure of alcohol has weakened sadly our strength...
...Germans have a folk-proverb whose meaning is simple enough: "Morgen, morgen, nur nicht heute Sagen immer faule leute." Shall we be those idle people who trust to the morrow for shouldering the burdens of today? Today's burden is to be present at Sanders Theatre...
...play ever put on a stage by the Circolo Italiano, will be presented in Brattle Hall this evening at 8 o'clock. The play is a three-act comedy by Giuseppe Giacosa, one of the best-known Italian dramatists of the day. The title of the comedy is a proverb, which means that he who leaves the old for the new knows what he leaves behind and does not know what he is to find...
...Circolo Itallano for the first time in his history will give a play, which will be presented in Brattle Hall on May 16 at 8 o'clock. The piece selected is a thre-act comedy by Griseppe Giacosa, the title of which is in the form of a proverb, "Chi Lascia la Via Vecchia perla Nnova say quell the Lascia e non sequel the Trova," which means what he who leaves the old for the new knows that he leaves behind and does not know that he is to find...