Words to Live By

We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice. - Thoreau

mother said

don't talk with your mouth full

always pee downwind

same with spit

always open doors for ladies

never let anyone see what's inside your wallet

be careful when you zip up your watchamacallit

Author's Note

“I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors. They have told me nothing, and probably cannot tell me anything to the purpose. Here is life, an experiment to a great extent untried by me; but it does not avail me that they have tried it." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Patricia Wedel]

As Shakespeare said... “although you have none, obtain a Virtue”. I think that is a Kind thing to say... spending your Life obtaining Virtues. gently, Pat

[Pete]

good advice sweet pat. we must always aim for something higher than ourselves. thank you for your kind share ... :)

“The virtues of a superior man are like the wind; the virtues of a common man are like the grass; the grass, when the wind passes over it, bends.” - Thoreau

[Patricia Wedel]

Ah... I must read more of Thoreau... the wisdom of Nature... tenderly, Pat