Enemy Quote by Graham Greene

“Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt”

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Pity is cruel. Pity destroys.

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Heresy is only another word for freedom of thought.

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Perhaps the comparison is closer to the Chinese cook who leaves hardly any part of a duck unserved.

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