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    Robertson Davies

    Read through the most famous quotes from Robertson Davies




    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

    #dog #every #every man #fewer #mad

    Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt. ↗


    — Robertson Davies

    #fanaticism

    Only a fool expects to be happy all the time. ↗


    — Robertson Davies

    #expects #fool #happy #only #time

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


    — Robertson Davies

    #eye #mind #only #prepared #sees

    A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life. ↗


    — Robertson Davies

    #happy #happy childhood #life #many #promising

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


    — Robertson Davies

    #mere #opera #world

    Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures. ↗


    — Robertson Davies

    #canada #encouraged #large #place #really

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


    — Robertson Davies

    #few people #genius #offended #people #see

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


    — Robertson Davies

    #i #i do #ideas #me

    I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them. ↗


    — Robertson Davies

    #anyone #books #ever #heard #i






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    Companion of the Order of Canada. Along with the Examiner newspaper they owned the Kingston Whig-Standard newspaper CHEX-AM CKWS-AM CHEX-TV and CKWS-TV. He also participated in theatrical productions as a child when he developed a lifelong interest in drama.

    William Robertson Davies CC OOnt FRSC FRSL (August 28 1913 – December 2 1995) was a Canadian novelist playwright critic journalist and professor. Davies was the founding Master of Massey College a graduate residential college associated with the University of Toronto.

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