Newspaper Nooks and Crannies – (PIP #103)

By Louise Peloquin

To add and to end with the March 24^th topic, a few more phrases from L’Etoile’s nooks and crannies. (1)

• A grandiose coquette is the woman who states that she is not so. (January 23, 1926)
• The mind searches; the heart finds. ( January 9, 1926)
• There would be more January poets if there were more romantic words to rhyme with “slush.” (January 2, 1926)
• From time to time, our old souls need to live with the memories of childhood. (January 8, 1926)
• No disgust, no discouragement, if you fail, recommence. – Marcus Aurelius (March 1, 1926)
• Examine your promise well. Is it just? Can you honor it? A promise must not be retracted. – Chinese proverb (March 1, 1926)
• You moan about your misfortunes. If you considered what others suffer, you would complain quietly. – Chilion (March 1, 1926)
• One’s entire life is made up of the past since everything dies and falls into it. It is the marvelous survival of that which, despite us, has fled. – J. Mortal (March 1, 1926)
• The real way to know nothing is to learn everything simultaneouly. – Georges Sand (January 4, 1926)

To end with a smile, a last newspaper space-filler.

•  “How old do you think I am?”
• “Twenty at the very most.”
• “Oh my, how sweet you are!”
• “Aren’t I? When a woman asks me her age I always respond half of what I think.” (March 2, 1926)

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1. Spaces for Wise Phrases – PIP #101: https://richardhowe.com/2026/03/24/spaces-for-wise-phrases/
2. Translations by Louise Peloquin.