Cheap pleasures...

[fajrdrako]

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures; costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed. - Erastus Wiman, 1834 - 1904

Comments

[firko.livejournal.com]

How true - Erastus was a very wise man (but had a strange name).

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

So he did. I looked him up on WIkipedia (at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erastus_Wiman) and it turns out he was Canadian, or at least born in Canada - wouldn't you know it, a proponent of courtesy would be Canadian? It must be something in our drinking water.

He worked for the Globe and Mail and then moved to the States. Typical Canadian career.

[xinef.livejournal.com]

Love these quotes.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

So glad! I sometimes wonder if I should keep posting them, but then I think: why not? I like to have them to reference when I need or want them.