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He was very much a man of moods, possibly owing to what is styled the artistic temperment. I have never seen, myself, why the possession of artistic ability should be supposed to excuse a man from a decent exercise of self-control.

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I have often had occasion to notice how, where a direct question would fail to elicit a response, a false assumption brings instant information in the form of a contradiction.

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A weak man in a corner is more dangerous than a strong man.

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A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

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I believe, Messieurs, in loyalty---to one's friends and one's family and one's caste.

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Bad temper is its own safety valve. He who can bark does not bite.

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I, myself, was always recognized . . . as the “slow one” in the family. It was quite true, and I knew it and accepted it. Writing and spelling were always terribly difficult for me. My letters were without originality. I was . . . an extraordinarily bad speller and have remained so until this day.

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If you love, you will suffer, and if you do not love, you do not know the meaning of a Christian life.

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I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.

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Difficulties are made to be overcome ~ Miss Felicity Lemon, Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Plymouth Express

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I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.

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What good is money if it can't buy happiness?

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There is no telling what a human character is. Until the test comes. To most of us the test comes early in life. A man is confronted quite soon with the necessity to stand on his own feet, to face dangers and difficulties and to take his own line of dealing with them. It may be the straight way, it may be the crooked way --- whichever it is, a man usually learns early just what he is made of.

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Men don't understand how their mannerisms can get on women's nerves so that you feel you just have to snap.

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Sensationalism dies quickly, fear is long-lived.

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If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

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I can't imagine why everybody is always so keen for authors to talk about writing. I should have thought it was an author's business to write, not talk.

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There is no question of defence. I have always acted in accordance with the dictates of my conscience. I have nothing with which to reproach myself.

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Unless you are good at guessing, it is not much use being a detective.

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I have always admired the Esquimaux (Eskimos). One fine day a delicious meal is cooked for dear old mother, and then she goes walking away over the ice, and doesn't come back.

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