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Maxioms by Margery Allingham

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once to get my meaning down, once to put in anything I have left out, once to take out anything read more

once to get my meaning down, once to put in anything I have left out, once to take out anything that seems unnecessary, and once to make the whole thing sound as if I have only just thought of it.

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If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance

If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance

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In common with many Christians of the classic type he felt sincerely safer and more at ease when he had read more

In common with many Christians of the classic type he felt sincerely safer and more at ease when he had given away all he had, like a man passing a ball in a game.

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Mourning is not forgetting... It is an undoing. Every minute tie has to be untied and something permanent and valuable read more

Mourning is not forgetting... It is an undoing. Every minute tie has to be untied and something permanent and valuable recovered and assimilated from the dust.

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When one kicks over a tea table and smashes everything but the sugar bowl, one may as well pick that read more

When one kicks over a tea table and smashes everything but the sugar bowl, one may as well pick that up and drop it on the bricks, don't you think?

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