To this day I am indulgent toward orchestras that are trying to lift themselves in the world, while critics are busy assuring them that they are not the Vienna Philharmonic and never will be.
Robertson DaviesOn the whole, we treat the Devil shamefully, and the worse we treat Him the more He laughs at us.
Robertson DaviesThe clerisy are those who seek, and find, delight and enlargement of life in books. The clerisy are those for whom reading is a personal art.
Robertson Davies