Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Norman Douglas Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Dec 8, 1868
  • Died: Feb 7, 1952

George Norman Douglas was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel South Wind.

Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes. education

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? wisdom

You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do. aging

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

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

The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying. wisdom

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 quotes from John Millington Synge

3 quotes from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 thoughts from William Butler Yeats

28 thoughts from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 other quotes from Dave Barry

27 other quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill

74 quotes from Winston Churchill