Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.

Quote by Graham Greene

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Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.

Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies...

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies...

When we are not sure, we are alive.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an...

If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an...

Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim

No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another's happiness.

No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another's happiness.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future...

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future...

One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well,...

One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well,...

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it...

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it...

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who...

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who...

A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from...

A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from...

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages...

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages...

When we are not sure, we are alive.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard...

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard...

Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are.

Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are.

We are all of us resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.

We are all of us resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.