Quotes by Norman Douglas

To find a friend one must close one eye; To keep him, two

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Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened...

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It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.

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Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.

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A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily...

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

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What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes?

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

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They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves.

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There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect; it bids a...

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

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

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