PICTURESQUE SPEECH III
From Reader's Digest

I used to be a fashion plate,
To envy and extol;
But now, though I'm up-to-date,
I look more like a bowl.
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Sign in an interior decorator's shop:
OUR ADVICE IS ON THE HOUSE
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Aphorism: a concise, clever statement
Afterism: a concise, clever statement you don't think of until too late

Contributors:
John Large
Richard A. Stillman
James Alexander