"It is also the pardonable vanity of lonely……" — John le Carre

"It is also the pardonable vanity of lonely people everywhere to assume that they have no counterparts."

— John le Carre

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126 Quotes by John le Carre

John le Carre has 126 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.
A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which…
Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as…
But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry,…
My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its…
History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you…
A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.
A committee is an animal with four back legs.
The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern…
The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience,…
Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.

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More Assume Quotes

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You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man;… — Marcus Aurelius
When it comes to personnel issues, I act professionally and respectful of former employees. I just assume that's a two-way… — Michele Bachmann
I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume… — Amy Adams
The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious. — Lester Bangs
Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they… — Dave Barry
Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship. — Dave Barry
Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important… — Melissa Bean
Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young. — Martha Beck
All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong.… — Theodore Bikel
All of the people who are using their BlackBerries or their iPhones, Facebook, all of the people who are sitting… — Tony Abbott
Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let… — Buzz Aldrin

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