What did Norman Douglas mean by: The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying. - Norman Douglas Writer Copy
+ No one can expect a majority to be stirred by motives other than ignoble. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Norman Douglas, Majority, Motive, 0 - Norman Douglas Writer
+ It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Norman Douglas, Lying, Wise, 0 - Norman Douglas Writer
+ Wine is a precarious aphrodisiac, and its fumes have blighted many a mating. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Norman Douglas, Aphrodisiac, Wine, 0 - Norman Douglas Writer
+ A man who is stingy with saffron is capable of seducing his own grandmother. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Norman Douglas, Food, Grandmother, 0 - Norman Douglas Writer
+ It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Norman Douglas, Pay, Rude, 0 - Norman Douglas Writer
+ The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every day. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Norman Douglas, Realizing, 0 - Norman Douglas Writer
+ There is so much goodness in real life- do let us keep it out of our books. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Norman Douglas, Book, Real Life, 0 - Norman Douglas Writer
+ Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Norman Douglas, Friendship, Home, 0 - Norman Douglas Writer
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death holds no horrors. It is simply the ultimate horror of life. - Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. Explain - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
