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Often Quotes by Agatha Christie
- 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…
- Any medical man who predicts exactly when a patient will die, or exactly how long he will live, is bound to make a fool of…
- I know nothing about pistols and revolvers, which is why I usually kill off my characters with a blunt instrument or better with poisons. Besides,…
- If you confront anyone who has lied with the truth, he will usually admit it - often out of sheer surprise. It is only necessary…
- Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do.
- It often seems to me that's all detective work is, wiping out your false starts and beginning again." Yes, it is very true, that. And…
- 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…
- It is the quietest and meekest people who are often capable of the most sudden and unexpected violences for the reason that when their control…
- I'm not often bored,' I assured her. "Life's not long enough for that.
- I admit," I said, "that a second murder in a book often cheers things up." - Hastings
- I often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalise. Generalisations are seldom if ever true and are usually utterly inaccurate.
- I have often had occasion to notice how, where a direct question would fail to elicit a response, a false assumption brings instant information in…
More Often Quotes
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- The simplest things are often the truest. — Richard Bach
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- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
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- Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. — Arthur Ashe
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange