I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them.

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,...

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...

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.

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

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

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said,...

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said,...

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...

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

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.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact,...

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact,...

Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because...

Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

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.

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for...

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for...

Tristan and Isolde were lucky to die when they did. They'd have been sick of...

Tristan and Isolde were lucky to die when they did. They'd have been sick of...

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

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

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in...

I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...