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Irving Layton OC (March 12, 1912 January 4, 2006) was a Canadian poet. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your own bio in the forums. Explore books and films about Layton, Irving.

"If poetry is like an orgasm, an academic can be likened to someone who studies the passion-stains on the bedsheets."

Layton, Irving on Academia
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"God is indeed dead. He died of self-horror when He saw the creature He had made in His own image."

Layton, Irving on God
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"Idealist: a cynic in the making."

Layton, Irving on Ideals and Idealism
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"When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you."

Layton, Irving on Argument
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"We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love."

Layton, Irving on Love
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"Progress of a marriage: There was a time when you couldn't make me happy. Now the time has come when you can make me unhappy."

Layton, Irving on Marriage
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"My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied."

Layton, Irving on Neighbors
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"Conscience: self-esteem with a halo."

Layton, Irving on Conscience
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