Quote by Norman Douglas
Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it. - Norman Dougl

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it. – Norman Douglas

Other quotes by Norman Douglas

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

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work
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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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Promises
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A promise is a debt. – Proverb

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Promises

A politician is known by the promises he keeps. – Author Unknown

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Promises

It is better to run the risk of being considered indecisive, better to be uncertain and not promise, than to promise and not fulfill. – Oswald Chambers

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Promises

As a human being, the best eulogy I can reasonably hope for is “He made his promises sincerely and broke them regretfully.” – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Promises

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Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life. – Chinese Proverb

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respect

People pay for what they do, and still more, for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it simply: by the lives they lead. – Edith Wharton

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Karma

Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Age

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness. – Elbert Hubbard

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Forgiveness