79 ordspråk av Robertson Davies
Robertson Davies
Robertson Davies föddes den August 28th 1913 och dog den 2 December 1995
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 Imagination is a good horse to carry you over the ground -- not a flying carpet to set you free from probability. |
| In my experience tact is usually worse than the brutalities of truth |
| Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb |
| Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb |
| It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet one he is likely to be a fascinating monster |
| Life, as he conceived of it, was a long decline from a glorious past, and if a reader approaches a newspaper in that spirit, he can find much to confirm him in his belief, particularly if he has never examined any short period of the past in day-to-day detail. |
| Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself. |
| Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The right sort of woman can distinguish between Creative Lassitude and plain shiftlessness. |
| May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery. |
| No people on earth can make you feel so small as the English |
| Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision. |
| One of the most difficult tasks for the educated and sophisticated mind is to recognize that some clichés are also important truths |
| Only a fool expects to be happy all the time. |
| Only a fool expects to be happy all the time. |
| Other-directed appears to be nothing more than a sociological term for weak-minded |
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Proverb (1469548 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
Dates (9517 st)
Countries (5315 st)
Idiom (4438 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
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