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The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1) QUOTES

The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1) QUOTES

1 " My very revered father, I am beginning to think that - Well, there’s little peace in this world for a quiet book-loving man. "

― Ellery Queen , The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1)

2 " For remember always the maxim: He who would know right must first know wrong! "

― Ellery Queen , The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1)

3 " He who would know right must first know wrong! "

― Ellery Queen , The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1)

4 " O wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee Death.”* "

― Ellery Queen , The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1)

5 " Ellery Queen was here probably paraphrasing the Shakespearian quotation: “O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil. "

― Ellery Queen , The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1)

6 " Money’s the root of all evil,” retorted the Inspector with a grin. Ellery’s tone did not change. “Not only the root, Dad—but the fruit, too. "

― Ellery Queen , The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1)

7 " is the peculiar gift of the truly great detective that he can apply to the inexorable rules of logic three catalyzers: an abnormal observation of events, a knowledge of the human mind and an insight into the human heart. "

― Ellery Queen , The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1)

8 " because a man is always a fool until he is made to realize the extent of his folly, "

― Ellery Queen , The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1)