Murder Quote by Margery Allingham

“There are, fortunately, very few people who can say that they have actually attended a murder.”

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Waiting is one of the great arts.

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the old fellow seemed to spot deceit as if it reeked like a goat.

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One policeman may be a friend, but two are the Law.

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If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance

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Beware of anger. It is the most difficult to remove of all the hindrances. But it is the alcohol of the body, you know,…

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“THE main thing to remember in autobiography, I have always thought, is not to let any damned modesty creep in to spoil the story. This adventure is mine, Albert Campion's, and I am fairly certain that I was pretty nearly brilliant in it in spite of the fact that I so nearly got myself and old Lugg killed that I…

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When Mr. William Faraday sat down to write his memoirs after fifty-eight years of blameless inactivity he found the work of inscribing the history of his life almost as tedious as living it had been, and so, possessing a natural invention coupled with a gift for locating the easier path, he began to prevaricate a little upon the second page,…

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the relationship between the two men was something of a miracle in itself. It was a cordiality based, apparently, on complete non-comprehension cemented by a deep mutual respect for the utterly unknown. No two men saw less eye to eye and the result was unexpected harmony, as if a dog and a fish had mysteriously become friends and were proud…

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“No.' He spoke with a tenderness unexpected in him. 'No, lady, no. Put that clean out of your mind. That dear chap and his…

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The white man’s victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.

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The masses are still ungrateful or ignorant. They prefer murder, poisonings, and crimes generally to a literature possessed of style and feeling.

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