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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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...

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.

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...

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

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.

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 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,...

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

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

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

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.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a...

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a...

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...

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

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

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...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

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

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

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...