One can always tell it's summer when one sees school teachers hanging about the streets idly, looking like cannibals during a shortage of missionaries.

Quote by Robertson Davies

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

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

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

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

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 people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible)...

The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible)...

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...

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

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

All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages

All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages

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...

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...

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....

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

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,...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

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...

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

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

A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.

A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.

What you love is a sign from your higher self of what you are to...

What you love is a sign from your higher self of what you are to...

May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been...

May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been...