Quotes by : Norman Douglas

To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him ... two.

The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.

A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful....

A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful....

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

Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.

If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.

Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

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

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