Absurdity Quote by Bernard Levin

“No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.”

Bernard Levin

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The less the power, the greater the desire to exercise it.

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Countries like ours are full of people who have all of the material comforts they desire, yet lead lives of quiet (and at times noisy) desperation, understanding nothing but the fact that there is a hole inside them and that however much food and drink they pour into it, however many motorcars and television sets they stuff it with, however…

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“If you cannot understand my argument, and declare "It's Greek to me", you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to be more sinned against than sinning, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you recall your salad days, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you act more in sorrow than in anger; if your wish is farther to the thought; if your lost…

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Let us never allow ourselves to think that poverty is an excuse for an invitation to totalitarianism, and if we should be tempted to…

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“The persistence of public officials varies inversely with the importance of the matter on which they are persisting.”

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In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it.

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Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it.

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Whom the mad would destroy, first they make gods.

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Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret.

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