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.
AGATHA CHRISTIEOne of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.
More Agatha Christie Quotes
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When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach.
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The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.
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But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price.
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It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.
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The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don’t give a damn.
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What they need is a little immorality in their lives. Then they wouldn’t be so busy looking for it in other people’s.
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The simplest explanation is always the most likely.
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Until one looks back on one’s own past one fails to realise what an extraordinary view of the world a child has.
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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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As life goes on it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality and become more like yourself everyday.
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Everything that has existed, lingers in the Eternity.
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One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late.
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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.
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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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There are doubtless certain unworldly people who are indifferent to money. I myself have never met one.
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