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To win a war is as disasterous as to lose one.

Agatha Christie

It’s not a man’s working hours that are important–it’s his leisure hours. That’s the mistake we all make.
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Important Inspirational Man Mistake Wasted Time Work
The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.
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Appearance Impossible Possible
It is deplorable to remove all the romance – all the mystery!
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Mystery Remove Romance
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
To win a war is as disasterous as to lose one.
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Disaster Lose Oneself War Win
Writers are diffident creatures — they need encouragement.
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Creature Encouragement Need Writing
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
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
To count – really and truly to count – a woman must have goodness or brains.
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Brain Count Goodness True Woman
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that’s no reason not to give it.
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Advice Goodness Ignorance Reason
Time does not dispose of a question – it only presents it anew in a different guise.
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Different Present Time
One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late.
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Life Moments Oneself Recognition
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
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
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Advice Money Trust
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
If one sticks too rigidly to one’s principles, one would hardly see anybody.
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Hard Oneself Principle See

To win a war is as disasterous as to lose one.

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