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

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,...

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...

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...

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.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor

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...

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...

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...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

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...

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.

Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The...

Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The...

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 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,...

It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet...

It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet...

There are times when I think that the reading I have done in the past...

There are times when I think that the reading I have done in the past...

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...

Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures.

Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures.

The joke newspaper, it says Canada abandons the monarchy.

The joke newspaper, it says Canada abandons the monarchy.

We wish nothing more, but we will accept nothing less. Masters in our own house...

We wish nothing more, but we will accept nothing less. Masters in our own house...