Robertson Davies vs. W. Somerset Maugham
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Robertson Davies
1913 – 1995
William Robertson Davies was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies gladly accepted for himself. Davies was the founding Master of Massey College, a graduate residential college associated with the University of Toronto.
"To be apt in quotation is a splendid and dangerous gift. Splendid, because it ornaments a man's speech with other men's jewels; dangerous, for the same reason."
W. Somerset Maugham
1874 – 1965
William Somerset Maugham was an English playwright, novelist and short story writer celebrated for works such as Of Human Bondage, The Moon and Sixpence, and The Razor's Edge. He was one of the most popular writers of his era, noted for his clear prose and keen observation of human character.
"The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love."
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