Quote by Norman Douglas
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to

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

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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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Wisdom is digested experience… – Janesville Daily Gazette (Janesville, Wisconsin), 1917 March 29th

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To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it. – Wilson Mizner

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The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. – Josh Billings

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I left school at 16 but I wish Id gone to university – I think I would have studied English literature. I had a knack for that. But I dont think you have the kind of wisdom at 16 to make that decision. – Brendan Coyle

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