Quotes by Robertson Davies

Robertson Davies

“Children, don’t speak so coarsely,” said Mr Webster, who had a vague notion that some supervision should be exercised over his daughters’ speech, and that a line should be drawn, but never knew quite when to draw it. He had allowed his daughters to use his library without restraint, and nothing is more fatal to maidenly delicacy of speech than the run of a good library.

Children

Daughter

Running

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“Civilization rests on two things,” said Hitzig; “the discovery that fermentation produces alcohol, and voluntary ability to inhibit defecation. And I put it to you, where would this splendidly civilized occasion be without both?”

Civilization

Discovery

Two

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“There is no disputing about tastes,” says the old saw. In my experience there is little else.

Littles

Saws

Taste

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A big man is always accused of gluttony, whereas a wizened or osseous man can eat like a refugee at every meal, and no one ever notices his greed.

Greed

Meals

Men

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A boy is a man in miniature, and though he may sometimes exhibit notable virtue, as well as characteristics that seem to be charming because they are childlike, he is also a schemer, self-seeker, traitor, Judas, crook, and villain – in short, a man.

Boys

Men

Self

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A great many complimentary things have been said about the faculty of memory, and if you look in a good quotation book you will find them neatly arranged.

Book

Looks

Memories

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A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

Belief

Childhood

Spoiled

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A Library goes on as far as thought can reach.

Goes On

Library

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

Mere

Opera

World

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A man must be obedient to the promptings of his innermost heart.

Heart

Men

Thinking

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