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May Quotes by Robertson Davies
- The great charm of cats is their rampant egotism, their devil-may-care attitude toward responsibility, their disinclination to earn an honest dollar...
- Book lovers are thought by unbookish people to be gentle and unworldly, and perhaps a few of them are so. But there are others who…
- The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater.
- Be sure to choose what you believe and why you believe it, because if you don't choose your beliefs, you may be certain that some…
- In a government like ours, the Crown is the abiding and unshakable element in government; politicians may come and go, but the Crown remains and…
- Childhood may have periods of great happiness, but it also has times that must simply be endured. Childhood at its best is a form of…
- 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…
- But as a skeptic I am dubious about science as about everything else, unless the scientist is himself a skeptic, and few of them are.…
- 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…
- Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular.
- The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring.
- 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…
- 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…
- The egotist is all surface; underneath is a pulpy mess and a lot of self-doubt. But the egoist may be yielding and even deferential in…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong