Spaces for Wise Phrases – (PIP #101)

By Louise Peloquin

L’Etoile – March 1, 1926

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     The L’Etoile print shop on 24-26 Prince Street had no modern technology to set up newspaper layout. Innovative ways to “meubler l’espace” (furnish the spaces) had to be found as we saw in PIP #70. (1) Advertising was essential. (2)  Jokes and humorous quips also served the purpose. (3) No space was left vacant. Every line had to “speak.”

Could the following spaces for wise phrases inspire anyone today? 

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– Truth is a treasure of richness. We are, so to speak, its treasurers. We amass it only to spread it. (January 8, 1926)

– The cautious man keeps quiet when he has too much to say. (March 1, 1926)

 – Speak little about what you know, not at all about what you ignore. (January 4, 1926)

 – The more one has virtues and talents, the less one is aware of it. (January 8, 1926)

 – Be what you would like others to become. May your existence, not your words, be a declaration. (January 2, 1926)

– The ocean is in the image of great souls; however agitated they appear, the depths are always calm. (March 1, 1926)

– It is necessary to practice justice without expecting any recompense. (January 9, 1926)

– We are more separated by nuances than by declared oppositions. (January 9, 1926)

– Freedom does not imprison, and the shackles forged for it sometimes serve to spread its empire. (March 1, 1926)

– Only God must be immutable. Every other immutability is imperfection. (March 2, 1926) (4)

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• PIP #70:

 https://richardhowe.com/2025/05/20/echoes-and-musings/

 2) PIP #7:

https://richardhowe.com/2023/11/07/your-business-is-ours/#comments

3) PIP # 33:

https://richardhowe.com/2024/05/28/who-wants-to-sell-a-day-in-june/comment-page-1/#comment-100424

4) Translations by Louise Peloquin.