If one sticks too rigidly to one’s principles, one would hardly see anybody.

Agatha Christie

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Any coincidencce is worth noticing. You can throw it away later if it is only a coincidence.
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Coincidence Notice Worth Yourself
To win a war is as disasterous as to lose one.
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Disaster Lose Oneself War Win
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
Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.
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Person Thinking Wrong
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
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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Experience Life Mindset Peace Yourself
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
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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Busy Immortal Live Need People
Writing is a great comfort to people like me, who are unsure of themselves and have trouble expressing themselves properly.
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Expression Greatness People Proper Trouble Writing
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
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
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
Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory—let the theory go.
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Account Fact Let Go Theory
With thought, all problems can be resolved.
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Problem Solve Thinking
Everyone is a potential murderer-in everyone there arises from time to time thewish to kill-though not the will to kill.
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Kill Murder Potential Rise Time Willing
Everybody said, “Follow your heart”. I did, it got broken.
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Advice Heart Heart Broken Myself
An appreciative listener is always stimulating.
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Intrigue Listening
No innocent person ever has an alibi.
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Innocence One Liner Person
Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do.
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Certain Oneself Sound Thinking Word
The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.
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Appearance Impossible Possible
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
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
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Advice Money Trust
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.
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Best Herself Husband Old Woman
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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Character Invention Life Tired Yourself
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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Love People Suffering
Time does not dispose of a question – it only presents it anew in a different guise.
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Different Present Time
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming… suddenly you find – at the age of 50, say – that a whole new life has opened before you.
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Age Bloom Enjoyment Greatness Life Open Yourself

If one sticks too rigidly to one’s principles, one would hardly see anybody.

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