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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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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It is a mistake to imagine that potentially great men are rare. It is the conditions that permit the promise of greatness to be fulfilled that are rare. What is so difficult to achieve is the cultural background that permits potential greatness to be converted into actual greatness. – Fred Hoyle, Of Man and Galaxies

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Much unhappiness results from our inability to remember the nice things that happen to us. – W.N. Rieger

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We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it. – Peter Drucker

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Eloquence is vehement simplicity. – Richard Cecil

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