Norman Douglas

Who was Norman Douglas?

George Norman Douglas was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel South Wind.

Famous Quotes:

• A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.
• 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.
• You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
• They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves.
• Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
• One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out.
• 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.
• It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
• Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.
• To find a friend one must close one eye -- to keep him, two.