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Robertson Davies

"Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion."

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"Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion."

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"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act."

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"Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too."

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"No man may make another free."

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"Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men."

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"Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?"

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"In every author let us distinguish the man from his works."

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"We're more sexually repressed than men, having been given a much more strict puritanical code of behavior than men ever have."

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"Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it."
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"I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me."
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