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I wish the English still possessed a shred of the old sense of humour which Puritanism, and dyspepsia, and newspaper reading, and tea-drinking have nearly extinguished.

Norman Douglas

Drinking, Reading, Tea

Norman Douglas (1982). “South Wind”, p.282, Courier Corporation

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Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

Norman Douglas

Mean, Thinking, Keeping Promises

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Wine is a precarious aphrodisiac, and its fumes have blighted many a mating.

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Wine, Aphrodisiac, Mating

Norman Douglas (1932). “Paneros, Some Words on Aphrodisiacs and the Like”

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Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.

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Friendship, Home, Men

South Wind (1917) ch. 20

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One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out.

Norman Douglas

Change, Time, Wedges

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How often could things be remedied by a word. How often is it left unspoken.

Norman Douglas

Communication, Often Is, Left

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No one can expect a majority to be stirred by motives other than ignoble.

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Majority, Motive, Ignoble

Norman Douglas (1982). “South Wind”, p.83, Courier Corporation

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There is so much goodness in real life- do let us keep it out of our books.

Norman Douglas

Real, Book, Real Life

Norman Douglas (1982). “South Wind”, p.68, Courier Corporation

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There is a kinship, a kind of freemasonry, between all persons of intelligence, however antagonistic their moral outlook.

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Moral, Kind, Outlook

Norman Douglas (1922). “Alone”

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I can find no room in my cosmos for a deity save as a waste product of human weakness, the excrement of the imagination.

Norman Douglas

Imagination, Deities, Weakness

Norman Douglas (1982). “South Wind”, p.219, Courier Corporation

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

Norman Douglas

Inspirational, Relationship, Neighbor

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Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.

Norman Douglas

Education, School, Echoes

1929 How About Europe?

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Justice is too good for some people and not good enough for the rest.

Norman Douglas

Justice, People, Not Good Enough

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The families of our friends are always a disappointment.

Norman Douglas

Family, Disappointment

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The present age, for all its cosmopolitan hustle, is curiously suburban in spirit.

Norman Douglas

Hustle, Age, Spirit

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No great man is ever born too soon or too late.

Norman Douglas

Men, Too Late, Born

Norman Douglas (2014). “South Wind”, p.120, Courier Corporation

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It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.

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Rude, Half, Pay

Norman Douglas (1922). “Alone”

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He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to bold navigation.

Norman Douglas

Mind, Atheism, Scylla

Norman Douglas (2014). “South Wind”, p.166, Courier Corporation

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Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark the end of their capacities. They can't even attend to the elementary animal requirements of their offspring. It is quite surprising how many children survive in spite of their mothers.

Norman Douglas

Funny, Mother, Children

Norman Douglas (2014). “South Wind”, p.198, Courier Corporation

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People who have reformed themselves has contributed their full share towards the reformation of their neighbor.

Norman Douglas

People, Reform, Neighbor

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Born: December 8, 1868
Died: February 7, 1952
Occupation: Writer
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