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"?
food trying culture
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.
winter hardship green
The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.
moral kind outlook
There is a kinship, a kind of freemasonry, between all persons of intelligence, however antagonistic their moral outlook.
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.
grandmother men saffron
A man who is stingy with saffron is capable of seducing his own grandmother.
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.
wine aphrodisiac mating
Wine is a precarious aphrodisiac, and its fumes have blighted many a mating.
time wedges insert
One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out.
attitude believe men
A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.
neighbor cease all-things
They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves.