Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Quote by Robertson Davies

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The average politician goes through a sentence like a man exploring a disused mine shaft-blind,...

The average politician goes through a sentence like a man exploring a disused mine shaft-blind,...

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional and common sense continual.

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional and common sense continual.

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for...

The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for...

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books...

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also...

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

One can always tell it's summer when one sees school teachers hanging about the streets...

One can always tell it's summer when one sees school teachers hanging about the streets...

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a...

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a...

No people in the world can make you feel so small as the English.

No people in the world can make you feel so small as the English.

You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we...

We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we...