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“The present age, for all its cosmopolitan hustle, is curiously suburban in spirit.”

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Norman Douglas was an English writer known for his distinctive literary style and profound descriptions of natural landscapes. His works encompassed travel literature, essays, and novels, which were highly appreciated by readers. more

“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, and the man who orders his life according to their teaching cannot go far wrong. How easy that seems! Has any one ever done so? Never. Has any man ever attained to inner harmony by pondering the experience of others? Not since the world began! He must pass through the fire.”

Men World Done Seems Order Easy Race Fire Teaching He Man Harmony Lips Currents Fifty Collections Quotations Pondering Platitudes Proverbial

Author:Norman Douglas

“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.”

Matter Age Faces Political Issues Society Refuse Stakes Consistently Allegiance Unimportant Malady

Book:Alone

Source: Alone

“The most important thing that each of us can do is to try even harder to see the world through our neighbor's eyes.”

World Trying Important Eye Can Do Harder Important Things Neighbor

Author:Hillary Clinton

“Borders are scratched across the hearts of men By strangers with a calm, judicial pen, And when the borders bleed we watch with dread The lines of ink across the map turn red.”

Men Heart War Turns Lines Watches Red Calm Stranger Borders Patriotism Maps Pens Dread Ink Judicial

Author:Marya Mannes

“The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.”

Knows Facts Seems Missing Links

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“All ministry that is faithful & eventually fruitful finds its roots in the life, death, & resurrection of Jesus Christ.”

Jesus Christ Jesus Christ Roots Faithful Resurrection Ministry Life Death Jesus Resurrection Resurrection Of Jesus Christ

Author:Matt Chandler

“Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.”

Way Ability Knowing Discipline Knowing What To Do

Author:Bobby Knight

“Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year.”

Years Careers Consistent Consistency

Author:Roger Federer

“I have had my television aerials removed. It is the moral equivalent of a prostate operation.”

Moral Television Operations Prostate

Author:Malcolm Muggeridge

“Football kickers are like taxi cabs. You can always go out and hire another one.”

Football Taxi Cab Kickers Taxi Cabs

Author:Buddy Ryan

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