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It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.   Douglas, Norman

Excerpt from Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia · This quote is about lies and lying · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.


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George Norman Douglas (December 8, 1868 - February 7, 1952) was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel South Wind. He was born in Thringen in Austria into a Scottish family (his mother was half-German). (His surname was registered at birth as Douglass). His father was manager of a cotton mill there, but died when Douglas was young. He was brought up mainly at Tilquhillie, Deeside, his paternal home. He was educated at Uppingham School England, and then at the Gymnasium school in Karlsruhe.

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