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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.
An Autobiography (1977)
We never know the whole man, though sometimes, in quick flashes, we know the true man.
An Autobiography (1977)
I like living. I have sometimes been wildly despairing, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.
An Autobiography (1977)
We had three servants, which was a minimum then.
An Autobiography (1977)
Servants, of course, were not a particular luxury–it was not a case of only the rich having them; the only difference was that the rich had more.
An Autobiography (1977)
The quality of agreeableness Is not much stressed nowadays. People tend to ask if a man is clever, industrious, if he contributes to the well-being of the community, if he ‘counts’ in the scheme of things.
An Autobiography (1977)
The house in which the spirit dwells, grows, develops instincts and tastes and emotions and intellectual capacities, but I myself, the true Agatha, am the same. I do not know the whole Agatha.
The whole Agatha, so I believe, is known only to God.
An Autobiography (1977)