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"Tall-over six feet-and one of the thinnest men I’ve ever seen. He must be about fifty now and his hair was almost white when I knew him.Usually needs a haircut, ragged brindle mustache, bites his fingernails." I pushed the dog away to reach for my drink.

— Dashiell Hammett The Thin Man (1929)

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"A lot of fancier yarns come from people trying to tell the truth. It’s not easy once you’re out of the habit."

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"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter."

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Emotions are useless during business hours.

If a man says a thing often enough, he is very likely to acquire some sort of faith in it sooner or later.

But where knowledge of trickery is evenly distributed, honesty not infrequently prevails.

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