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One never quite allows for the moron in our midst.

Agatha Christie

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
What good is money if it can’t buy happiness?
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Deep Goodness Happiness Money
The best time to plan a book is while you’re doing the dishes.
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Best Planning Time Yourself
To win a war is as disasterous as to lose one.
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Disaster Lose Oneself War Win
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
There is no greater mistake in life than seeing things or hearing them at the wrong time.
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Greatness Life Mistake See Time Wrong
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
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
Be sure thy sin will find thee out.
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God Sin Yourself
The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.
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Beautiful Seek Truth Ugly
An appreciative listener is always stimulating.
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Intrigue Listening
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
Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.
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Dog Quiet Wisdom World Wound
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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Animal Bite Complain Head Place Yourself
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
Fiction is founded on truth unless things did happen, people couldn’t think of them.
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Fiction People Thinking Truth

One never quite allows for the moron in our midst.

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