World of Wonders Quotes

“Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.”
― Robertson Davies, World of Wonders

“The egotist is all surface; underneath is a pulpy mess and a lot of self-doubt. But the egoist may be yielding and even deferential in things he doesn't consider important; in anything that touches his core he is remorseless.”
― Robertson Davies, World of Wonders

“An infant is a seed. Is it an oak seed or a cabbage seed? Who knows. All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages.”
― Robertson Davies, World of Wonders

“Education is a great shield against experience. It offers so much, ready-made and all from the best shops, that there's a temptation to miss your own life in pursuing the life of your betters.”
― Robertson Davies, World of Wonders

“No action is ever lost - nothing we do is without result. It's obvious, of course, but how many people ever really believe it, or act as if it were so?”
― Robertson Davies, World of Wonders

“You'll go far. How do I know? Because life is goosing you so hard you'll never stop climbing.”
― Robertson Davies, World of Wonders

“And why should it not be terrifying? A little terror, in my view, is good for the soul, when it is terror in the face of a noble object.”
― Robertson Davies, World of Wonders

“I learned later that the former operator of Abdullah had been a dwarf who cannot have been fastidious about his person, and there was a strong whiff of hot dwarf as I grew hotter myself.”
― Robertson Davies, World of Wonders

“Unhappiness of the kind that is recognized and examined and brooded over is a spiritual luxury.”
― Robertson Davies, World of Wonders