Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time.

Quote by Robertson Davies

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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....

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 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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence...

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence...

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...

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...

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...

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 love of truth lies at the root of much humor

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor

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...

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...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

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

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

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...