The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible) have no friend in me, for in their realm the fully comprehensible is not worth comprehending.

Quote by Robertson Davies

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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 eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

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

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.

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...

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...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

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...

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.

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...

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with...

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with...

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...

The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily...

The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily...

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

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

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.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

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...

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,...

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...

May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write...

May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write...