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Out Quotes by Robertson Davies
- I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them. Censors only read…
- Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars.
- 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,…
- To ask an author who hopes to be a serious writer if his work is autobiographical is like asking a spider where he buys his…
- To instruct calls for energy, and to remain almost silent, but watchful and helpful, while students instruct themselves, calls for even greater energy. To see…
- Oho, now I know what you are. You are an advocate of Useful Knowledge.... Well, allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate…
- 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…
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