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

Quote by Robertson Davies

Topics: Robertson Davies Quotes

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

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

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...

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

The young are often accused of exaggerating their troubles; they do so, very often, in...

The young are often accused of exaggerating their troubles; they do so, very often, in...

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...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a...

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a...

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...

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,...

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

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

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their...

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their...

Genius is lasting 5 minutes longer than the other side

Genius is lasting 5 minutes longer than the other side