Too much traffic with a quotation book begets a conviction of ignorance in a sensitive reader. Not only is there a mass of quotable stuff he never quotes, but an even vaster realm of which he has never heard.
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Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.Robertson Davies
Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.
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A big man is always accused of gluttony, whereas a wizened or osseous man can eat like a refugee at every meal, and no one ever notices his greed
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All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages.
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Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.
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If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.
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