It is one of the strange discoveries a man can make that life, however you lead it, contains moments of exhilaration; there are always comparisons which can be made with worse times: even in danger and misery the pendulum swings.
GRAHAM GREENEThe truth has never been of any real value to any human being – it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
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Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.
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Most things disappoint till you look deeper.
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In a mad world it always seems simpler to obey.
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There is a point of no return, unremarked at the time, in most lives.
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Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil – or else an absolute ignorance.
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One has no talent. I have no talent. It’s just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.
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The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her.
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A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction.
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Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt.
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They are always saying God loves us. If thats love I’d rather have a bit of kindness.
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It is a great danger for everyone when what is shocking changes.
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Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.
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There was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim.
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Hate is a lack of imagination.
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Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.
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