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"There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity."
- Robertson Davies. | |
"A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight."
- Robertson Davies, More quotation on Books. | |
"Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion."
- Robertson Davies. | |
"The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past."
- Robertson Davies, "A Voice from the Attic", 1960, More quotation on The Future. | |
"He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities."
- Robertson Davies, "Fifth Business", More quotation on Genius. | |
"To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser."
- Robertson Davies, "The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks", More quotation on Books. | |
"A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life."
- Robertson Davies, "What's Bred in the Bone", More quotation on Children. |
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