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I think and think for months, for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. - Albert Einstein My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go. - William Shakespeare I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. - Abraham Lincoln Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. - Benjamin Franklin Don't hate, it's too big a burden to bear. - Martin Luther King, Jr. Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing. - Winston Churchill

Canada was settled, in the main, by people with a lower middle-class outlook, and a respect, rather than an affectionate familiarity, for the things of the mind.

- Robertson Davies | Canada and Canadians Quotes

Whether you are really right or not doesn't matter; it's the belief that counts.

- Robertson Davies | Conviction and Belief Quotes

The critic is the duenna in the passionate affair between playwrights, actors and audiences - a figure dreaded, and occasionally comic, but never welcome, never loved.

- Robertson Davies | Critics and Criticism Quotes

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.

- Robertson Davies | The Future Quotes

If a man wants to be of the greatest possible value to his fellow-creatures, let him begin the long, solitary task of perfecting himself.

- Robertson Davies | Goodness and Giving Quotes

The love of truth lies at the root of much humour.

- Robertson Davies | Humour and Humorists Quotes

As a general thing, people marry most happily with their own kind. The trouble lies in the fact that people usually marry at an age when they do not really know what their own kind is.

- Robertson Davies | Marriage Quotes

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

- Robertson Davies | Observation Quotes

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.

- Robertson Davies | Writers and Writing Quotes

A man must be obedient to the promptings of his innermost heart.

- Robertson Davies | Right Quotes

Men who look young, act young, and everlastingly harp on the fact that they are young-but who nevertheless think and act with a degree of caution what would be excessive in their grandfathers-are the curses of the world.

- Robertson Davies | Fear Quotes

Whether you are really right or not doesn't matter, it's the belief that counts.

- Robertson Davies | Commitment and Belief Quotes

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.

- Robertson Davies | Passion Quotes