Author: Norman Douglas

Quotes

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

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

- Norman Douglas

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

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

- Norman Douglas

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes?

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes?

- Norman Douglas

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

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

- Norman Douglas

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.

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

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

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

- Norman Douglas

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

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

- Norman Douglas

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