Norman Douglas Famous Quotes and Saying

To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him...two.

Norman Douglas

eye friendship two

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

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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.

Norman Douglas

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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.

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reading fire men

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.

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

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

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home friendship men

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

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hardship green winter

If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.

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How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.

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mind sometimes reality

Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes.

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Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

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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.

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The true cook is the perfect blend, the only perfect blend, of artist and philosopher. He knows his worth: he holds in his palm the happiness of mankind, the welfare of generations yet unborn.

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Learn to foster an ardent imagination; so shall you descry beauty which others passed unheeded.

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ardent imagination

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.

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nucleus doe men

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

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One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out.

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

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How often could things be remedied by a word. How often is it left unspoken.

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To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him...two.

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

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.

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.

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

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

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

If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.

How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.

Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes.

Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

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.

The true cook is the perfect blend, the only perfect blend, of artist and philosopher. He knows his worth: he holds in his palm the happiness of mankind, the welfare of generations yet unborn.

Learn to foster an ardent imagination; so shall you descry beauty which others passed unheeded.

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.

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

One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out.

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

How often could things be remedied by a word. How often is it left unspoken.

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