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Never do I deceive you, Hastings. I only permit you to deceive yourself.

— Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot’s Early Cases (1974)

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I have given them life instead of death, freedom instead of the cords of superstition, beauty and truth instead of corruption and exploitation.

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)

Oh dear, I never realized what a terrible lot of explaining one has to do in a murder!

Spider's Web (1956)

Understand this, I mean to arrive at the truth. The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)

Every murderer is probably somebody’s old friend.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)

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