One of the most difficult tasks for the educated and sophisticated mind is to recognize that some clichés are also important truths. -Robertson Davies

 

One of the most difficult tasks for the educated and sophisticated mind is to recognize that some clichés are also important truths.


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This quote is just one of 21 total Robertson Davies quotes in our collection. Robertson Davies is known for saying 'One of the most difficult tasks for the educated and sophisticated mind is to recognize that some clichés are also important truths.' as well as some of the following quotes.

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities.

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A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

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A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. -Robertson Davies
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Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.

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The people of the United States, perhaps more than any other nation in history, love to abase themselves and proclaim their unworthiness, and seem to find refreshment in doing so... That is a dark frivolity, but still frivolity.

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One of the most difficult tasks for the educated and sophisticated mind is to recognize that some clichés are also important truths. -Robertson Davies
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To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.

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