"She was not too young to be wise,……" — Graham Greene
"She was not too young to be wise, but she was too young to know that wisdom shouldn't be spoken aloud when you are happy."
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207 Quotes by Graham Greene
Graham Greene has 207 quotes on this site.
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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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The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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Did any of you, parents, ever hear your child wake from sleep with some panic fear and shriek the mother's…
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We had no churches, no religious organizations, so sabbath day, no holidays, and yet we worshiped. Sometimes the whole tribe…
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Power is not merely shouting aloud. Power is to act positively with all the components of power.
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Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they…
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There are three needs of the griever: To find the words for the loss, to say the words aloud and…
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The act of love . . . is a confession. Selfishness screams aloud, vanity shows off, or else true generosity…
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But perhaps God's purpose in the world (I am only thinking aloud here) is to draw his creatures to him.…
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He made his colours, built his stretchers, plastered his canvas, painted his pictures, carpentered his frames, and painted them. 'Too…
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Thank God for my computer. Sometimes when there is no one to talk to, I talk aloud so that I…
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