Creative Quotations from . . .
Norman Douglas
(1868-1952) born on Dec 08
Scottish novelist. "He was best known for his Caprian novel "South Wind," 1917 and his travel book "Old Calabria," 1915."
 
   
F
To know oneself is wisdom, but to know one's neighbor is genius."

R
"A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, an yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner."
A
Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
N
"What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings -- they are so trite, so threadbare, that we can hardly bring our lips to utter them. None the less they embody the concentrated experience of the race. . ."
K
They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves.
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "The World's Best Thoughts on Life & Living," compiled by Eugene Raudsepp, 1981."
R: "In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
A: "Mr. Keith, in South Wind, ch. 24 (1917)."
N: "Count Caloveglia's "old teacher," in South Wind, ch. 16 (1917)."
K: "In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
   



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