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Irving Layton quotes

Canadian Poet March 12, 1912 – January 4, 2006

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Irving Layton quote: "We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit..."
We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love. Irving Layton
Irving Layton quote: "My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be..."
My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied. Irving Layton
Irving Layton quote: "I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the..."
I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats. Irving Layton
Irving Layton quote: "Time flames like a paraffin stove / and what burns are the..."
Time flames like a paraffin stove / and what burns are the minutes I live. Irving Layton
We’ll mark the butterflies disappearing over the hedge with tiny wristwatches on their wings: our fingers touching the earth, like two Buddhas Irving Layton
Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope. Irving Layton
Irving Layton quote: "When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only..."
When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you. Irving Layton
Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante's scheme, Limbo is to Hell. Irving Layton
Irving Layton quote: "In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a..."
In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination. Irving Layton
Irving Layton quote: "Conscience: self-esteem with a halo."
Conscience: self-esteem with a halo. Irving Layton
Irving Layton quote: "Idealist: a cynic in the making."
Idealist: a cynic in the making. Irving Layton

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