“They live and laugh who know the better part —
Count length of pleasure not by dial or glass
But by the heart”

—  Robertson Davies

The Golden Ass (1999)
Context: They live and laugh who know the better part —
Count length of pleasure not by dial or glass
But by the heart;
What are our fears
When Time's slow footfall, fall, fall
Falling
Turns lovers' hours to years?

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Canadian journalist, playwright, professor, critic, and nov… 1913–1995

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