"Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment……" — Graham Greene
"Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment we don't share."
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207 Quotes by Graham Greene
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Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.
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Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can…
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Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil - or else an…
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The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word,…
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There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
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Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive,…
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The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians…
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In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo…
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It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all,…
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Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.
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Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.
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When we are not sure, we are alive.
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