Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and the simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt." - Meaning and context.">
Pt. III, ch. 3 (1978)
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Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and the simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt.

— Graham Greene

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and the simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt." in the context of "Pt. III, ch. 3 (1978)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Graham Greene

About Graham Greene

Henry Graham Greene, OM, CH (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English novelist, playwright, short story writer, travel writer and critic whose works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world.