Quotes by Norman Douglas

Norman Douglas

Norman Douglas

British Author

Lived from: 1868 - 1952

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 8 december 1868 Died: 7 february 1952

  • The true cook is the perfect blend, the only perfect blend, of artist and philosopher.
  • One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out.
  • 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.
  • It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
  • 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.
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  • A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.
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  • Every man is a solitary in his grief.
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  • 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.
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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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  • If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.
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  • It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
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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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  • Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.
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  • Nothing ages a man like living always with the same woman.
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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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  • People who have reformed themselves has contributed their full share towards the reformation of their neighbor.
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  • 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.
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  • The business of life is to enjoy oneself; everything else is a mockery.
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  • The true cook is the perfect blend, the only perfect blend, of artist and philosopher.
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  • 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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  • To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two.
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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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  • You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
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  • They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves.
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What are the most famous quotes from Norman Douglas?

The two most famous quotes from Norman Douglas are:

  • "A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner."
  • "Every man is a solitary in his grief."

When did Norman Douglas live?

Norman Douglas was born in 1868 and died in the year 1952.