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It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I discovered, holds no more wretched occupation than trying to make the English laugh.

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One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

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Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

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The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.

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This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings I've known and of my own life, such as it is, I can't recall any case of pain which didn't, on the whole, enrich life.

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St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel.

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Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

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My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.

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The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their fraudulence is apparent for all to see. We need a kingdom of heaven in Heaven, if only because it can't be realized.

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He was not only a bore; he bored for England.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Journalist

Born: March 24th, 1903

Died: November 14th, 1990

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