Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they dont know what they are conserving. – Robertson Davies
He types his labored column — weary drudge! Senile fudge and solemn: spare, editor, to condemn these dry leaves of his autumn. – Robertson Davies
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. – Robertson Davies
The eyes see only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. – Robertson Davies