Quote by Norman Douglas
The present age, for all its cosmopolitan hustle, is curiously sub

The present age, for all its cosmopolitan hustle, is curiously suburban in spirit. – Norman Douglas

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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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There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect it bids a man to ponder or create and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide. – Norman Douglas

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respect
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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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An impossibility does not disturb us until its accomplishment shows what fools we were. – Henry S. Haskins

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I have never for one instant seen clearly within myself. How then would you have me judge the deeds of others? – Maurice Maeterlinck

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Some defeats [are] more triumphant than victories. – Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1588

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The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. – Umberto Eco, Travels in Hyper Reality, 1986

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The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce. Instantly. – Demetri Martin

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What I hope is in five years time, I can go to the British people in the election and say: Lots of you doubted that coalition politics worked, but it has worked. – Nick Clegg

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