Quote by Norman Douglas
A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about

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

Other quotes by Norman Douglas

How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of ones senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality. – Norman Douglas

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Reality
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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. – Norman Douglas

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Happiness
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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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Other Quotes from
work
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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important. – Bertrand Russell

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work

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day. – Thornton Wilder

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work

The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions. – Andre Maurois

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work

My work is about my life, and what I want to do with it. – Alice Walker

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work

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. – Thomas A. Edison

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Wars usually have the effect of speeding up the process of history. – Pieter Geyl, Debates With Historians

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History

What cannot be altered must be borne, not blamed. – Thomas Fuller

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A woman can look both moral and exciting… if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle. – Edna Ferber

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