He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities.', Robertson Davies, Fifth Business',

Wife: one who is sorry she did it, but would undoubtedly do it again.', H. L. Mencken', US editor (1880 - 1956)

There is no credulity so eager and blind as the credulity of covetness, which, in its universal extent, measures the moral misery and the intellectual destitution of mankind.', Joseph Conrad, Nostromo', English (Polish-Ukrainian-born) novelist (1857 - 1924)

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost.', Voltaire', French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778)

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.', Andre Gide', French critic, essayist, & novelist (1869 - 1951)