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Quotes from The Labours of Hercules — Agatha Christie

1890–1976

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It is the misfortune of small, precise men always to hanker after large and flamboyant women.

The Labours of Hercules (1967)

Even the sensible and the competent have been given tongues by le bon Dieu — and they do not always employ their tongues wisely.

The Labours of Hercules (1967)

Without interest (hers not the type to wonder why!) but with perfect efficiently, Miss Lemon had fulfilled her task.

The Labours of Hercules (1967)

Harold Waring, like many other Englishmen, was a bad linguist.

The Labours of Hercules (1967)

Take this Hercules — this hero! Hero, indeed! What was he but a large muscular creature of low intelligence and criminal tendencies!

The Labours of Hercules (1967)

He had not remembered her name, but he had seen her dance — had been carried away and fascinated by the supreme art that can make you forget art.

The Labours of Hercules (1967)

“Is he then an unhappy man?”
Poirot said:
“So unhappy that he has forgotten what happiness means. So unhappy that he does not know he is unhappy.”
The nun said softly:
“Ah, a rich man…”

The Labours of Hercules (1967)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Agatha Christie (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.