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The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to think for itself – and such thinking, remember, is original thinking and may have valuable results.

Agatha Christie

There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.
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Mystery Stranger Thinking Thrill World
One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.
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Disaster Feeling Horrible Lose Oneself War Win
The saddest thing in life and the hardest to live through, is the knowledge that there is someone you love very much whom you cannot save from suffering.
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Hard Knowledge Life Live Love Sad Save Suffering Yourself
Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do.
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Certain Oneself Sound Thinking Word
It’s very inconvenient to be loved. Nearly everyone has found that out, sooner or later. The fewer people who love you the less you will have to suffer.
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Love People Suffering
It is really a hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are.
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Appearance Funny Goodness Hard Life Man Yourself
Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.
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Best Hide Person Secret Yourself
Intuition is like reading a word without having to spell it out. A child can’t do that because it has had so little experience. A grown-up person knows the word because they’ve seen it often before.
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Children Experience Growth Intuition Reading Word
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming… suddenly you find – at the age of 50, say – that a whole new life has opened before you.
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Age Bloom Enjoyment Greatness Life Open Yourself
You don’t realize what fine fighting material there is in age. You show me any one who’s lived to over seventy and you show me a fighter – someone who’s got the will to live.
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Age Fight Live Material Willing Yourself
The young people think the old people are fools — but the old people know the young people are fools.
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Age Fools Old People Young
Everyone is a potential murderer-in everyone there arises from time to time thewish to kill-though not the will to kill.
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Kill Murder Potential Rise Time Willing
I married an archeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.
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Growth Marriage Myself Old Praise
One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the grave – our own self. Get on good terms with that companion – learn to live with yourself.
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Acceptance Companion Company Friendship Goodness Grave Learning Live Yourself
To count – really and truly to count – a woman must have goodness or brains.
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Brain Count Goodness True Woman
I’m sure you have a theme: the theme of your life. You can embellish it or desecrate it, but it’s your theme, and as long as you follow it, you will experience harmony and peace of mind.
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Experience Life Mindset Peace Yourself

The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to think for itself – and such thinking, remember, is original thinking and may have valuable results.

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The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to think for itself – and such thinking, remember, is original thinking and may have valuable results.

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