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.
teaching men race
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.
realizing dishes
The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every day.
firsts authority should
Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.
reading men fire
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.
business advertising nigeria-independence
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
communication often-is unspoken
How often could things be remedied by a word. How often is it left unspoken.
home men thinking
Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
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.
family disappointment
The families of our friends are always a disappointment.
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.