In one of his novels, French poet and novelist Anatole France (1844-1924) retold the old story of an eastern king who, on succeeding to his father’s throne, asked the greatest scholars of his country to compile for his guidance a history of humanity as complete as...
Auberon Alexander Waugh (1939-2001) was an English journalist, and eldest son of the famed Evelyn Waugh. He wrote five excellent novels, but gave up writing fiction because he didn’t like being compared to his famous father. Instead he made his living by writing and...
There is a story told about President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Apparently, sometime after being president for a very long time, he got tired of smiling that trade-mark Roosevelt smile and saying the trade-mark Roosevelt things at all those White House receptions. So,...
A preacher delivering a sermon on the text “What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world but lose his own soul?” argued that people can lose their souls by being TOO charitable. When some gasped at his statement, he continued: “Many people attend church, hear...
In 1952, 3 years before his death, Israel offered Albert Einstein the Presidency. In Einstein’s note declining the invitation, he wrote: “All my life I have dealt with objective matters, hence I lack both the natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with...
“English-speaking tourists abroad are inclined to believe that if only they speak English loudly and distinctly and slowly enough, the natives will know what’s being said even though they don’t understand a single word of the language. Preachers often make the same...
