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Life Quotes by Robertson Davies
- It is those pent-up, craving children who make all the wars and all the horrors and all the art and all the beauty and discovery…
- I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the Greek notion of allowing Chance to take a formative hand…
- In India it is regarded as a good idea to dart in front of an oncoming car, for the car is sure to kill the…
- If you don't hurry up and let life know what you want, life will damned soon show you what you'll get.
- If you attack Stupidity you attack an entrenched interest with friends in government and every walk of public life.
- Although I am almost illiterate mathematically, I grasped very early in life that any one who can count to ten can count upward indefinitely if…
- Pessimism is a very easy way out because it is a short view of life. If you look at what is happening around us today,…
- They're all so highly educated, you know. Education is a great shield against experience. It offers so much, ready-made and all from the best shops,…
- Nobody who looks as though he enjoyed life is ever called distinguished, though he is a man in a million.
- Secrets are the blood of life. Every big thing is a secret, even when you know it, because you never know all of it. If…
- Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never tire…
- It is not always easy to diagnose. The simplest form of stupidity - the mumbling, nose-picking, stolid incomprehension - can be detected by anyone. But…
- A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.
- If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.
- Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not…
- This is the Great Theatre of Life. Admission is free, but the taxation is mortal. You come when you can, and leave when you must.…
- This is one of the cruelties of the theatre of life; we all think of ourselves as stars and rarely recognize it when we are…
- Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because pessimism is a short view of life - If you…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle