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There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time,

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. – 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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Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars. – Robertson Davies

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