
短篇小说 | Concerning Tobacco
Children of twenty-five, who have seven years experience, try to tell me what is a good cigar and what isn't. Me, who never learned to smoke, but always smoked; me, who came into the world asking for a light.
Children of twenty-five, who have seven years experience, try to tell me what is a good cigar and what isn't. Me, who never learned to smoke, but always smoked; me, who came into the world asking for a light.
There's a time for work and a time for play.
Some months ago I published a magazine article[1] descriptive of a remarkable scene in the Imperial Parliament in Vienna.
Those who have plenty want more and so lose all they have.
We argued this point at some length; nobody won; but no matter, the fact remains Englishmen say nao and kaow for "know" and "cow," and that is what the rustic inhabitant of a very small section of America does.
It is unwise to treat old friends badly for the sake of new ones.
It is with great pride that I participate in this ceremony of the American University, sponsored by the Methodist Church, founded by Bishop John Fletcher Hurst, and first opened by President Woodrow Wilson in 1914.
Against all chambermaids, of whatsoever age or nationality, I launch the curse of bachelordom! Because:
Wicked deeds will not stay hid. It's no use trying to hide what can't be hidden.
When Secretary General Hammarskjold’s invitation to address this General Assembly reached me in Bermuda, I was just beginning a series of conferences with the Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of Great Britain and of France.
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