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Norman Douglas [1868-1952] British

Rank: 101
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George Norman Douglas was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel South Wind. His travel books such as his 1915 Old Calabria were also appreciated for the quality of their writing.

Wisdom, Age, Brainy, Funny, Happiness, Respect, Society

Quote	Tags	Rank
The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.	Brainy, Wisdom	101
To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two.		102
Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.		103
Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.	Funny	104
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.	Respect, Society	105
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.	Age	106
It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.		107
The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every day.		108
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.	Happiness	109
Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.		110
A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.		111
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes?	Wisdom	112
Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.		113
They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves.		114
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying.	Wisdom	115
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertising.		116

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