Irving Layton — Canadian Poet born on March 12, 1912, died on January 04, 2006

Irving Peter Layton, OC was a Romanian-born Canadian poet. He was known for his "tell it like it is" style which won him a wide following, but also made him enemies. As T. Jacobs notes in his biography, Layton fought Puritanism throughout his life:.. (wikipedia)

My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.
We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love.
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.
Conscience: self-esteem with a halo.
When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.