The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power to present things in unexpected lights to question received opinions and to suggest unforeseen possibilities.

Quote by Robertson Davies

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

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...

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

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

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)...

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 young are often accused of exaggerating their troubles; they do so, very often, in...

The young are often accused of exaggerating their troubles; they do so, very often, in...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

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...

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...

I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit...

I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit...

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 joke newspaper, it says Canada abandons the monarchy.

The joke newspaper, it says Canada abandons the monarchy.

There is $1.4 billion a day in trade that goes back and forth across the...

There is $1.4 billion a day in trade that goes back and forth across the...