Norman Douglas Quotes

A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.
Norman Douglas

Work, Daily, Cheerful

The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.
Norman Douglas

Wisdom, Winter, Hardship

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.
Norman Douglas

Duty, Distrust, Authority

It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
Norman Douglas

Wise, Fool, Lie

You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.
Norman Douglas

Age, Character, Says

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertising.
Norman Douglas

Tell, Nation, Ideals

There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect; it bids a man to ponder or create; and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide.
Norman Douglas

Respect, Society, Find

Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.
Norman Douglas

Education, Echoes

Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
Norman Douglas

Home, Friends, Found

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.
Norman Douglas

Mean, Solemn, Oath

The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every day.
Norman Douglas

Nothing, Lives, Longer

The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying.
Norman Douglas

Wisdom, Living, Dying

They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves.
Norman Douglas

Themselves, Neighbors, Cease

To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two.
Norman Douglas

Friend, Him, Two

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes?
Norman Douglas

Wisdom, Save, Platitudes

Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable. I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague.
Norman Douglas

Happiness, Nothing, Give

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: December 8, 1868

Died: February 7, 1952

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