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A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.
Robertson Davies
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Robertson Davies
Age: 82 †
Born: 1913
Born: August 28
Died: 1995
Died: December 3
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William Robertson Davies
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Although I am almost illiterate mathematically, I grasped very early in life that any one who can count to ten can count upward indefinitely if he is fool enough to do so.
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It is a waste of time to dissipate one's moral zeal in disapproving of royal persons who have mistresses.
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