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Robertson Davies Quotes

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.
Robertson Davies

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Novelist Quotes
Category:
Canadian Novelist Quotes
Date of Birth:
August 28, 1913
Date of Death:
December 2, 1995
Nationality:
Canadian
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