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Why always “not yet”? Do flowers in spring say “not yet”? – Norman Douglas

Other quotes by Norman Douglas

It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters, to refuse consistently to face her where graver issues are at stake. – Norman Douglas

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Society
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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. – Norman Douglas

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

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Wisdom
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Other Quotes from
Carpe Diem
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I admire the man who exclaimed, “I have lost a day!” because he had neglected to do any good in the course of it…. – Author unknown, “Flowers of Literature,” 1803

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Carpe Diem

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked. – Tillie Olsen, Tell Me a Riddle

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Carpe Diem

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live. – Margaret Fuller

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Carpe Diem

Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. – Ambrose Bierce

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Carpe Diem

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The greatest work of art about New York? The question seems nebulous. The citys magic and majesty are distilled in the photographs of Alfred Stieglitz and Paul Strand. – Jerry Saltz

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It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet. – Uma Thurman

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I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near. – Margaret Thatcher

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My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest. – Andrew Bird

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