Quote by Graham Greene
Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can w

Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war, but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on the breast. – Graham Greene

Other quotes by Graham Greene

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm. – Graham Greene

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Innocence
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Cynicism is cheap — you can buy it at any Monoprix store — its built into all poor-quality goods. – Graham Greene

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Cynicism
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War
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War, famine, poverty and oppression of the workers will continue while woman makes life cheap. They will cease only when she limits her reproductivity and human life is no longer a thing to be wasted. – Margaret Sanger

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The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time. – Hamid Karzai

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War

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes. – Julius Caesar

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War

Music is a weapon in the war against unhappiness. – Jason Mraz

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War

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After my mothers death, I had such difficulty relating to people. – Jaron Lanier

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