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… — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
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… — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
People who have reformed themselves has contributed their full share towards the reformation of their neighbor. — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
The true cook is the perfect blend, the only perfect blend, of artist and philosopher. He knows his worth: he holds in his palm… — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out. — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
Learn to foster an ardent imagination; so shall you descry beauty which others passed unheeded. — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
No one can expect a majority to be stirred by motives other than ignoble. — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
There is so much goodness in real life- do let us keep it out of our books. — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
The business of life is to enjoy oneself; everything else is a mockery. — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
Wine is a precarious aphrodisiac, and its fumes have blighted many a mating. — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to… — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails… — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of… — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
