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 CHRISTIEIt 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.
More Agatha Christie Quotes
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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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For in the long run, either through a lie, or through truth, people were bound to give themselves away.
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Never go back to a place where you have been happy. Until you do it remains alive for you. If you go back it will be destroyed.
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Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows.
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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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Bitterness leads nowhere. It turns back on itself. It is the eternal cul-de-sac.
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To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.
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Time does not dispose of a question – it only presents it anew in a different guise.
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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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Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that’s no reason not to give it.
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Time is the best killer.
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What good is money if it can’t buy happiness?
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There is no greater mistake in life than seeing things or hearing them at the wrong time.
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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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It’s what’s in *yourself* that makes you happy or unhappy.
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