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Len Deighton Quotes

1929–2026 England

Leonard Cyril Deighton (18 February 1929 – 15 March 2026) was an English novelist, historian and cookery writer. His many spy thrillers include The IPCRESS File (1962), a a film version was released in 1965.

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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.

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

Cynics are disappointed romantics; they keep looking for someone to admire and can never find anyone.

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

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

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?"

"...But love is like the measles; the later in life it affects you, the more severe the consequences"
"Is there anything you can take for it?"
"Only wedding vows"

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Len Deighton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.