[NetBehaviour] SUCCESS

James Morris james at jwm-art.net
Tue Jan 20 00:10:14 CET 2015


 From The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) [devil]:

   SUCCESS, n.  The one unpardonable sin against one's fellows.  In
   literature, and particularly in poetry, the elements of success are
   exceedingly simple, and are admirably set forth in the following lines
   by the reverend Father Gassalasca Jape, entitled, for some mysterious
   reason, "John A. Joyce."

       The bard who would prosper must carry a book,
           Do his thinking in prose and wear
       A crimson cravat, a far-away look
           And a head of hexameter hair.
       Be thin in your thought and your body'll be fat;
       If you wear your hair long you needn't your hat.



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