The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
The best laid schemes o’ mice and men,
I’ll feed the cats and give them some food.
Good-bye healthy life and hullo rubber knickers and support hose?
It helps in public relations to have a certain amount of charm and Agatha had none.
We forgive beauty such a lot, thought Agatha suddenly. If he was a little balding man with thick glasses, I might get a bit tetchy.
The cruellest lies are often told in silence. —Robert Louis Stevenson
Keep your place and silent be, Game can hear and game can see. —Mark Beaufoy
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. —Oscar Wilde
The trouble with being a policeman in a small, normally law-abiding village was that you did not strike fear or terror into the heart of anyone.
Marriage is like life in this—that it is a field of battle, and not a bed of roses. —Robert Louis Stevenson
Hamish’s family were unusual in that they had always celebrated Christmas—tree, turkey, presents and all. In parts of the Highlands, like Lochdubh, the old spirit of John Knox still wandered, blasting...
A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. —Washington Irving
Well, murder comes before illegal hooch.
No one could remain an atheist with larks around, he thought dreamily.
If the chemists could ever come up with a bottle of something labelled ‘Self-Respect’ that actually worked, they could make millions, she thought.
I am silent in the club I am silent in the pub, I am silent on a bally peak in Darien; For I stuff away for life Shoving peas in with a knife, Because I am at heart a Vegetarian. No more the milk of c...
Agatha doubled her rates and then said, Of course, I halve them for a friend.
Wrote to me appealing
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