Robertson Davies

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"As A general rule, people marry most hapily with their own kind. The trouble lies in the fact that people usually marry at an age where they do not really know what their own kind is."	Age, Intelligence, Knowledge
"The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact a return to the idealised past."	History, Intelligence
"Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy."	Happiness, Joy
"Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness."	Happiness, Joy, Knowledge
"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."	Age, Books, Darkness
"Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons."	Ability, Knowledge, Wisdom
"The wit of a graduate student is like champagne. Canadian champagne."	Graduation

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