Robertson Davies

Born :28 August 1913

Tribute :2 December 1995

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Robertson Davies born on 28th August 1913, and passed away on 2nd December 1995, leaving behind a legacy that continues to inspire generations. Over the past 82 years, we have thoughtfully curated a selection of 35 powerful, inspirational, and motivational quotes - carefully handpicked from an extensive archive of life lessons and timeless wisdom. This legendary quote writer was born in canadian and went on to share won inspiring words with the world, leaving behind a global legacy that transcends borders.

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Quotes of Robertson Davies

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Tristan and Isolde were lucky to die when they did. They'd have been sick of all that rubbish in a year.

The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to you at the moment when you are reading. I do not mean the book that is most instructive, but the book that feeds your spirit. And that depends on your age, your experience, your psychological and spiritual need.

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

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

May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery.

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

The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater.

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.

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

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.

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.

Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.

You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

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.

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.

What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.

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.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

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