To give ones self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.Confucius
“Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.”
“Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.”
— AGATHA CHRISTIE
Novelist · 1890 – 1976
English crime writer and the best-selling fiction author of all time. She created the detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, and wrote The Mousetrap, the world's longest-running play.
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