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For in the long run, either through a lie, or through truth, people were bound to give themselves away.

Agatha Christie

Our weapon is our knowledge. But remember, it may be a knowledge we may not know that we possess.
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Knowledge Ourselves Possession Weapon
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
To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.
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Explanation Rush Weakness
The simplest explanation is always the most likely.
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Education Expectation Simplicity
The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don’t give a damn.
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Care Failure Goodness Happiness People
It’s what’s in *yourself* that makes you happy or unhappy.
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Happiness Spiritual Yourself
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 count – really and truly to count – a woman must have goodness or brains.
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Brain Count Goodness True Woman
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
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
Assumptions are dangerous things.
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Assumption Dangerous One Liner
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
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
There are questions that you don’t ask because you’re afraid of the answers to them.
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Afraid Question Yourself
One knows so little. When one knows more it is too late.
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Knowledge Oneself Wisdom
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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Curiosity Love People Thinking Yourself

For in the long run, either through a lie, or through truth, people were bound to give themselves away.

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