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Letter "G" » George Norman Douglas Quotes
«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.»
Author: George Norman Douglas
(Composer)
| Keywords:
bids, consolations, germ, lyric, nucleus, ponder, Society of
«I can find no room in my cosmos for a deity save as a waste product of human weakness, the excrement of the imagination»
«Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.»
«A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner»
«One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out.»
Author: George Norman Douglas
(Composer)
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insert, inserted, straightens, straighten out, wedge, wedges
«Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.»
«No one can expect a majority to be stirred by motives other than ignoble.»
Author: George Norman Douglas
(Composer)
«What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes?»
«The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying.»
«What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? But the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot go far wrong»
Author: George Norman Douglas
(Composer)
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