Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Quote by Robertson Davies

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The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that won't shut...

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Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

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

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

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A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more...

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

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I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily...

The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily...

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...

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...

Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody...

Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody...

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...

Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody....

Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody....

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.

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and...

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and...

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

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Politicians. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.

Politicians. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.