Life Is Like A Railway

You must ….

Keep to the rails, or there will be a smash.

Be on time, or you'll be ignored.

Be civil and courteous, as railway servants are.

Cater for second-class as well as first-class people. Life without democracy would be like a perpetual diet of champagne and oysters.

Observe the rules and regulations of life, or suffer the consequences.

Be content to be shunted on to a siding now and again to let a better “train” go by. Console yourself with the thought that others are frequently shunted to allow you to go forward. Life has main lines and suburban lines, but we can't all travel along the former. Somebody must use the latter.

Finally you must buy a ticket if you want to get anywhere. Nothing but air is free in this life. You can attempt to evade payment, of course, but it's never worth while for every honest person is an inspector.

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