Quote by: Robertson Davies

So -- I confess I have been a rake at reading. I have read those things which I ought not to have read, and I have not read those things which I ought to have read, and there is no health in me -- if by health you mean an inclusive and coherent knowledge of any body of great literature. I can only protest, like all rakes in their shameful senescence, that I have had a good time.


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Author Bio


  • NameRobertson Davies
  • DescriptionCanadian journalist, playwright, professor, critic, and novelist
  • BornAugust 28, 1913
  • DiedDecember 2, 1995
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist; Reporter; Playwright; Professor; Musicologist
  • AwardsMolson Prize; Companion Of The Order Of Canada