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...
friendship eye two
To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him...two.
firsts authority should
Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.
spring flower carpe-diem
Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?
issues society age
It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters, to refuse consistently to face her where graver issues are at stake.
majority motive ignoble
No one can expect a majority to be stirred by motives other than ignoble.
imagination waste rooms
I can find no room in my cosmos for a deity save as a waste product of human weakness, the excrement of the imagination.
time wedges insert
One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out.
neighbor cease all-things
They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves.
ideals nation
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertising.