Character and Conduct – 6 November – The Appetite for Condolence

IT IS right to exercise a great deal of self-restraint in speaking of our troubles, and not to let the appetite for condolence grow on us.

Studies in the Christian Character, Bishop PAGET

CARLYLE says, ‘My father had one virtue which I should try to imitate – he never spoke of what was disagreeable and past, and my mother was the same;  she turned her back at once upon the last months, which she put away for ever like a sealed volume.

The Story of my Life, AUGUSTUS HARE

HACKET’s motto, ‘Serve God and be cheerful.’

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These quotes are from ‘Character and Conduct’ A selection of helpful thoughts from various authors arranged for daily reading.

Collected by Constance M Whishaw and first published in 1905 as a follow up to her volume of Daily Readings for members of the Being and Doing Guild who asked for an additional volume

In her preface Whishaw writes:

‘This collection of noble thoughts expressed by men and women of past and present ages who have endeavoured to leave the world a little better than they found it.’

It is my hope in publishing them here readers may be inspired to imitate the example of the authors.