The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

Quote by Robertson Davies

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The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power...

The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power...

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...

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

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

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

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.

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 eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

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

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...