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

Quote by Robertson Davies

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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.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

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

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

The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to...

The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to...

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because...

Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because...

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 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)...

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...

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and...

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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

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

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...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

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

Al Gore has found a new job. He is going to teach journalism at Columbia...

Al Gore has found a new job. He is going to teach journalism at Columbia...

Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.

Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.