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If you place your head in a lion’s mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

Agatha Christie

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.
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Appearance Impossible Possible
Our weapon is our knowledge. But remember, it may be a knowledge we may not know that we possess.
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Knowledge Ourselves Possession Weapon
Bitterness leads nowhere. It turns back on itself. It is the eternal cul-de-sac.
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Bitter Forever Journey Path
Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.
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Best Hide Person Secret Yourself
To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.
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Explanation Rush Weakness
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
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Advice Money Trust
Don’t think. That is the wrong way to bring anything back. Let it go. Sooner or later it will flash into your mind.
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Mindset Thinking Way Wrong Yourself
I don’t think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness – to save oneself trouble.
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Direction Myself Necessary Possible Save Thinking Trouble
Too much mercy often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.
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Crime Innocence Justice Mercy Need Result Victim
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
One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.
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Childhood Happiness Life Luck
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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Children Dare Herself Law Love Mom Path Stand World
Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows.
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Delight Fellow Mad People Quiet
It is deplorable to remove all the romance – all the mystery!
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Mystery Remove Romance
To win a war is as disasterous as to lose one.
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Disaster Lose Oneself War Win
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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Beginning Human Mindset Remember Result Thinking Value

If you place your head in a lion’s mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

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