"In people, heroism and cowardice are especially mixed. Some suffer the torments of hell and bear it without a word because they are afraid to come to me and find out that what they feared might be true. The opposite of this type is the multitude of people who set me up and waste my time because they are in terrible pain on their little finger from a tumor they believe is cancer, which of course turns out to be just a frostbite or a wart.
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Author
Agatha ChristieAll Translations
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In people, heroism and cowardice are especially mixed. Some suffer the torments of hell and bear it without a word because they are afraid to come to me and find out that what they feared might be true. The opposite of this type is the multitude of people who set me up and waste my time because they are in terrible pain on their little finger from a tumor they believe is cancer, which of course turns out to be just a frostbite or a wart.
""Az emberekben különösen keveredik a hősiesség és a gyávaság. Némelyik a pokol kínjait szenvedi el, és zokszó nélkül tűri, mert fél eljönni hozzám és megtudni, hogy igaz lehet, amitől rettegett. Ennek a fajtának az ellentéte meg az a rengeteg ember, aki beállít és fecsérli az időmet, mivel rettenetes fájdalmai vannak a kisujján egy daganat miatt, amelyről szentül hiszi, hogy rák, és amelyről persze kiderül, hogy csak fagyás vagy szemölcs."