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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Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.

Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

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 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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.

What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.

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

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

A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people...

A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people...

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways; but the good artists...

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways; but the good artists...