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"Doubtless the first arrow did not kill a lion."
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John WyndhamIt is a funny thing that for most men the whitest conscience is no pro — John Wyndham
"It is a funny thing that for most men the whitest conscience is no protection from some apprehension in the presence of the police."
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John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was an English science fiction writer best known for his works published under the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes. Some of his works were set in post-apocalyptic landscapes. His best known works include The Day of the Triffids (1951), filmed in 1962, and The Midwich Cuckoos (
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"Id begun to grasp the principle that the less anybody knows, the less any squealer can give away. And it was easy to see that in a place where questioning was liable to assume the aspect of a blood-sport, the less one did know about other peoples business, the better."
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"Its better to have a pistol you dont want, than to want a pistol youve not got."
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"There are, of course, risks. In fact, there are three distinct kinds of risk: the known ones which we can and shall prepare against; the known ones which we must trust to luck to avoid; and the entirely unknown."
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"The world has so multiplied the causes of fear that no one is left entirely unafraid."
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"Many men on earth have the vanity to believe in another life."
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