Canadian - Novelist | August 28, 1913 - December 2, 1995
Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.
Robertson Davies
DoubtFanaticism
Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.
PoliticsKnowConservatismVery
The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater.
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Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.
TimeFoolHappyBe HappyOnly
Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets at work. I have known people who have actually read all, or almost all, the guaranteed Hundred Best Books. God save us from reading nothing but the best.
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We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we had not wholly lost our belief that it is delightful to meet artists who have given us pleasure.
PeopleLostMeetBeliefHimNaive
I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them.
LovedNeverBooksWhoWantedReally
Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself.
ArtCuriousNewBeliefHuman Spirit
The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.
QualitySaidWayInfluencesWriter
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.
FuturePastPeopleWorldReturn
If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.
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Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.
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