404 Quotes by Robertson Davies

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.

One of the things that puzzles me is that so few people want to look at life as a totality and to recognize that death is no more extraordinary than birth. When they say it's the end of everything they don't seem to recognize that we came from somewhere and it would be very, very strange indeed to suppose that we're not going somewhere.

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

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. The show is continuous. Goodnight.

It seemed to me as if the stones sang, in the strangest voices, in the language of Ultima Thule.

We mistrust anything that too strongly challenges our ideal of mediocrity.

Nothing grows old-fashioned so fast as modernity.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.