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Len Deighton

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The factory workers say that it’s impossible to do anything right. If you arrive five minutes early you are a saboteur; if you arrive five minutes late you are betraying socialism; if you arrive on time they say, "Where did you get the watch?"

Len Deighton

Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Yes? Well socialism is exactly the reverse.

Len Deighton

Progress is man’s indifference to the lessons of history.

Len Deighton

The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change.

Len Deighton

...But love is like the measles; the later in life it affects you, the more severe the consequences" "Only wedding vows

Len Deighton

When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.

Len Deighton