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Quote by Robertson Davies
The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe,

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring. – Robertson Davies

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He types his labored column — weary drudge! Senile fudge and solemn: spare, editor, to condemn these dry leaves of his autumn. – Robertson Davies

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The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past. – Robertson Davies

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