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Norman Douglas

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George Norman Douglas (8 December 1868 – 7 February 1952) was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel South Wind. His travel books, such as Old Calabria (1915), were also appreciated for the quality of their writing.

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Quotes from Norman Douglas

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

—Norman Douglas

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

—Norman Douglas

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

—Norman Douglas

The pine stays green in winter… wisdom in hardship.

—Norman Douglas

Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.

—Norman Douglas

How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.

—Norman Douglas