Bill Vaughan
Bill Vaughan
William E.Vaughanwas an American columnist and author. Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, he wrote a syndicated column for the Kansas City Star from 1946 until his death in 1977. He was published in Reader's Digest and Better Homes and Gardens under the pseudonym Burton Hillis. He attended Washington University in St. Louis...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth8 October 1915
CountryUnited States of America
men flattery every-man
Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.
sunday law june
It's against the law to go out on Sunday from the end of June until Labor Day. It forces the fishermen to spend some time with their families.
democracy aristocracy poverty
The faith in reason insists that the poverty of democracy offers a greater hope for mankind than the prosperity that attaches itself to aristocracy or despotism.
other-worlds evil world
Evil is only of this world. In the other world there is neither good nor evil; all there is, is beaut).
believe fleas necks
On the neck of a giraffe a flea begins to believe in immortality.
humility embroidery chiefs
Humility is the embroidery of chiefs.
gossip myth grows
When gossip grows old it becomes myth.
sweet heart problem
The true problem of living is to keep our hearts sweet and gentle in the hardest conditions and experiences.
men greed pennies
A covetous man's penny is a stone.
god fingers fingerprints
The finger of God never leaves identical fingerprints.
weed garden gardener
Where would the gardener be if there were no more weeds?
future water-of-life obscurity
Dread not events unknown, and be not downhearted, for the fountain of the water of life is involved in obscurity.
forgiveness character citizens
The United States grants the favors of the second, third, or fifty-seventh chance, and its citizens remain free to invent for themselves whatever character draws a crowd or pays the rent.
tombstone two names
How meagre one's life becomes when it is reduced to its basic facts. And the last, most complete reduction is on one's tombstone: a name, two dates.