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Quotes from Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack — Robertson Davies

1913–1995 Canada

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When religion abandons poetic utterance, it cuts its own throat.

Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack (1967)

I like long and unusual words, and anybody who does not share my tastes is not compelled to read me.

Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack (1967)

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.

Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack (1967)

"There is no disputing about tastes," says the old saw. In my experience there is little else.

Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack (1967)

Was driving through the countryside today with some people who insisted upon frequent recourse to a roadmap in order to discover, as they put it, "Just where they were."

Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack (1967)

These people seemed to think that whizzing through space in a car really altered the universe for them, but they were wrong; each one remained right in the centre of his private universe, which is the only field of knowledge of which he has any direct experience.

Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack (1967)

In spite of all this chaos, however, most people seem to lead humdrum lives, and badly want livening up. Do you think we should organize a Chaos-of-the-Month Club, guaranteeing to supply all members with something really unnerving every thirty days?

Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack (1967)

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