Norman Douglas
Norman Douglas
George Norman Douglaswas 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...
attitude believe men
A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.
men too-late born
No great man is ever born too soon or too late.
teaching men order
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? But the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot go far wrong.
grandmother men saffron
A man who is stingy with saffron is capable of seducing his own grandmother.
men nucleus germs
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.
wise lying men
It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
home men thinking
Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
character men age
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.
reading men fire
Has any man ever obtained inner harmony by simply reading about the experiences of others? Not since the world began has it ever happened. Each man must go through the fire himself.
teaching men race
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings—they are so trite, so threadbare, that we can hardly bring our lips to utter them. None the less they embody the concentrated experience of the race, and the man who orders his life according to their teaching cannot go far wrong. How easy that seems! Has any one ever done so? Never. Has any man ever attained to inner harmony by pondering the experience of others? Not since the world began! He must pass through the fire.
ideals nation
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertising.
close eye friend
To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two.
education echoes states
Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.
wisdom dying sublimity
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying.