Vanity
“All is Vanity“ by C. Allan Gilbert
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon, edited by Will Shortz
The Quotation: HUMILITY IS NOT MY FORTE (and) WHENEVER I DWELL FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME ON MY OWN SHORTCOMINGS, THEY (gradually) BEGIN TO SEEM MILD, HARMLESS, RATHER ENGAGING LITTLE THINGS, NOT AT ALL LIKE THE STARING DEFECTS IN OTHER PEOPLE’S CHARACTERS.
The author’s name and the title of the work: (Margaret) HALSEY “WITH MALICE TOWARD SOME”
Anyone you know?
“All is Vanity“ by C. Allan Gilbert-----------------
Sunday, September 28, 2008
ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon, edited by Will Shortz
Today’s quotation is by Margaret Halsey (1910-1997), an American writer. Her 1938 best-selling book With Malice Towards Some grew from her experiences in the United Kingdom where she lived for a short time. The New York Times compared her as a writer Dorothy Parker and H. L. Mencken.
The Quotation: HUMILITY IS NOT MY FORTE (and) WHENEVER I DWELL FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME ON MY OWN SHORTCOMINGS, THEY (gradually) BEGIN TO SEEM MILD, HARMLESS, RATHER ENGAGING LITTLE THINGS, NOT AT ALL LIKE THE STARING DEFECTS IN OTHER PEOPLE’S CHARACTERS.
The author’s name and the title of the work: (Margaret) HALSEY “WITH MALICE TOWARD SOME”
Anyone you know?
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