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

Quote by Robertson Davies

Topics: Common Quotes, Love Quotes, Passion Quotes

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...

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.

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...

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of...

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of...

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 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...

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,...

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 people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power...

The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

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 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...

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.

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

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

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

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

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with...

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanatics in power and the funnel of a tornado have this in common - the...

Fanatics in power and the funnel of a tornado have this in common - the...

Today's Islamic fundamentalism is also a cover for political motifs. We should not overlook the...

Today's Islamic fundamentalism is also a cover for political motifs. We should not overlook the...