After a Town Hall meeting in a Midwestern city, a woman saw Alexander Woollcott standing alone in the lobby. Impulsively she went up to tell him of the pleasures his lecture had given her. "And," said this lady who had grown-up grandchildren and admitted having passed 70," I was encouraged to speak to you because you said you loved old ladies."
"Yes," replied Woollcott," I do. But I also like them your age."
G.K.Chesterton is credited with the story of the wily bandit who was finally captured by the king's troopers. The king, a man fond of games and riddles, posed this problem to the bandit: "You may make one statement. If you tell the truth in it, you will be shot. If you lie, you will be hanged." The bandit confounded him with this reply: "I'm going to be hanged."

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