Quote by Graham Greene
Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie dete

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. – Graham Greene

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A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction. – Graham Greene

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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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It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself. – Graham Greene

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Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third. – Knute Rockne

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No animal ever invented anything so bad as drunkenness — or so good as drink. – Lord Chesterton

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