British - Writer | December 8, 1868 - February 7, 19523
The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.
Norman Douglas
WinterWisdomGreenBrainyHardship
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertising.
AdvertisingYouNationTellIdeals
Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.
FunnyPeopleThinkYouNeverMean
To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two.
FriendEyeFindHimTwoKeep
A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.
WorkDailyManBelieveGoCheerful
Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.
AuthorityDutyFirstCivicDistrust
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.
RespectManSocietyFindCreateUs
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.
HappinessYouBodyFindNothing
Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
HomeManFriendsFoundWhoHe
It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
FoolLieManWiseWise ManBetter
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying.
WisdomLivingDyingThingsThose
The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every day.
DayEvery DayNothingMoreDish
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