Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The right sort of woman can distinguish between Creative Lassitude and plain shiftlessness.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Robertson Davies
Of mortals there is no one who is happy….
Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps Luckier than one’s neighbor, but still not happy.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Robertson Davies
The love of truth lies at the root of mu…
The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Robertson Davies
The people of the United States, perhaps…
The people of the United States, perhaps more than any other nation in history, love to abase themselves and proclaim their unworthiness, and seem to find refreshment in doing so… That is a dark frivolity, but still frivolity.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Robertson Davies
The wit of a graduate student is like ch…
The wit of a graduate student is like champagne. Canadian champagne.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Robertson Davies
The world is full of people whose notion…
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Robertson Davies
There is no nonsense so gross that socie…
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.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Robertson Davies
To be a book-collector is to combine the…
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Robertson Davies