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Norman Douglas quotes: The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every day. The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every day.
Norman Douglas quotes: People who have reformed themselves has contributed their full share towards the reformation of their neighbor. People who have reformed themselves has contributed their full share towards the reformation of their neighbor.
Norman Douglas quotes: The business of life is to enjoy oneself; everything else is a mockery. The business of life is to enjoy oneself; everything else is a mockery.
Norman Douglas quotes: I can find no room in my cosmos for a deity save as a waste product of human weakness, the excrement of the imagination. I can find no room in my cosmos for a deity save as a waste product of human weakness, the excrement of the imagination.
Norman Douglas quotes: If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things. If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.
Norman Douglas quotes: They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves. They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves.
Norman Douglas quotes: It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude. It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.
Norman Douglas quotes: No great man is ever born too soon or too late. No great man is ever born too soon or too late.
Norman Douglas quotes: A man who is stingy with saffron is capable of seducing his own grandmother. A man who is stingy with saffron is capable of seducing his own grandmother.
Norman Douglas quotes: Wine is a precarious aphrodisiac, and its fumes have blighted many a mating. Wine is a precarious aphrodisiac, and its fumes have blighted many a mating.
Norman Douglas quotes: 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 quotes: Justice is too good for some people and not good enough for the rest. Justice is too good for some people and not good enough for the rest.
Norman Douglas quotes: The families of our friends are always a disappointment. The families of our friends are always a disappointment.
Norman Douglas quotes: There is so much goodness in real life- do let us keep it out of our books. There is so much goodness in real life- do let us keep it out of our books.
Norman Douglas quotes: No one can expect a majority to be stirred by motives other than ignoble. No one can expect a majority to be stirred by motives other than ignoble.
Norman Douglas quotes: The present age, for all its cosmopolitan hustle, is curiously suburban in spirit. The present age, for all its cosmopolitan hustle, is curiously suburban in spirit.
Norman Douglas quotes: How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality. How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.
Norman Douglas quotes: Learn to foster an ardent imagination; so shall you descry beauty which others passed unheeded. Learn to foster an ardent imagination; so shall you descry beauty which others passed unheeded.
Norman Douglas quotes: How often could things be remedied by a word. How often is it left unspoken. How often could things be remedied by a word. How often is it left unspoken.
Norman Douglas quotes: One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out. One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out.
Norman Douglas quotes: Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes. Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.
Norman Douglas quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to bold navigation. He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to bold navigation.
Norman Douglas quotes: You can cram a truth into an epigram - the truth, never. You can cram a truth into an epigram - the truth, never.
Norman Douglas quotes: Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty. Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.
Norman Douglas quotes: It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest. It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
Norman Douglas quotes: Everybody overstates his case, particularly when he is anxious to do something which he considers useful. Everybody overstates his case, particularly when he is anxious to do something which he considers useful.
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 quotes: What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes?
Norman Douglas quotes: 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 quotes: The secret of happiness is curiosity The secret of happiness is curiosity
Norman Douglas quotes: You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
Norman Douglas quotes: To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two. To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two.
Norman Douglas quotes: Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"? Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?
Norman Douglas quotes: The law does not content itself with classifying and punishing crime. It invents crime. The law does not content itself with classifying and punishing crime. It invents crime.
Norman Douglas quotes: The pine stays green in winter ... wisdom in hardship. The pine stays green in winter ... wisdom in hardship.
Norman Douglas quotes: There is a kinship, a kind of freemasonry, between all persons of intelligence, however antagonistic their moral outlook. There is a kinship, a kind of freemasonry, between all persons of intelligence, however antagonistic their moral outlook.

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