When we are not sure, we are alive.

Quote by Graham Greene

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I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation....

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation....

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

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

Failure too is a form of death.

Failure too is a form of death.

Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

The world is not black and white. More like black and grey.

The world is not black and white. More like black and grey.

Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war,...

Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war,...

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.

Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism

Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism

Happiness is never really so welcome as changelessness

Happiness is never really so welcome as changelessness

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

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...

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...

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...

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on...

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on...

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on...

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on...

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,...

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.

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...

A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority.

A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority.