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Callous greed grows pious very fast.
Lillian Hellman
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Lillian Hellman
Age: 79 †
Born: 1905
Born: June 20
Died: 1984
Died: September 30
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New Orleans
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Lillian Florence Hellman
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We will not think noble because we are not noble. We will not live in beautiful harmony because there is no such thing in this world, nor should there be. We promise only to do our best and to live out our lives. Dear God, that's all we can promise in truth.
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A man should be jailed for telling lies to the young.
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Guilt is often an excuse for not thinking.
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Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling classes in 19th-century France and England, or 20th-century Russia and America.
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Nobody knows what you want except you, and no one will be as sorry as you if you don't get it.
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People change and forget to tell each other.
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Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.
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