One Of The Many Pleasures Of Old

I Have A Very Great Respect For Americans, And Having Been A Correspondent In This Country, And I Believe That Americans Are People Who Respond Much Better To Facts And Truthful, Genuine Speculation, Than They Do To Purely, Kind Of Phoney, Adulation.

In My View, Jan Masaryk Was Thoroughly Corrupt, Who Bumped Himself Off Because He Saw At Last Where His Moral Cowardice And Ideological 'playboyery' Had Led Him. I Vividly Remember Visiting Him In Washington, Fat, Slightly Tight, Coming Into The Room Looking Like A Broken-down Butler With His Master, The Little Communist, Clementis, - And Saying In A Loud Voice: 'has Anyone Seen An Iron Curtain? I Haven't.' Well, He Has Now.

The Depravity Of Man Is At Once The Most Empirically Verifiable Reality But At The Same Time The Most Intellectually Resisted Fact.

The Price You Pay For Being Powerful And Being Rich Is To Be Hated.

The Truth Is That A Lost Empire, Lost Power And Lost Wealth Provide Perfect Circumstances For Living Happily And Contentedly In Our Enchanted Island.