Gerald Barzan
Gerald Barzan
borrow earth laugh laughs prompt sad trouble
Laugh and the world laughs with you, be prompt and you dine alone. For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, but has trouble enough of its own.
along ancient came ten
Ten ancient commandments lousing up the fun. Along came prosperity, and then there was none.
doctors fear good
Doctors and undertakers/ Fear epidemics of good health.
affected
I wasn't affected by inflation, I had nothing to inflate.
doubt half people sure wish
I wish I could be half as sure of anything as some people are of everything.
election elections learn learned
The only thing we learn from a new election is we learned nothing from the old
cannot excuse genius good
What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed?
good lousy tomorrow
As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.
ability above principles rise success
Success is the ability to rise above principle.
everybody silence
If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening
memory passion today yesterday
I do today from memory what yesterday I did in passion
elections fool people
You don't have to fool all the people all of the time; you just have to fool enough to get elected.