He was very much a man of moods, possibly owing to what is styled the …

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He was very much a man of moods, possibly owing to what is styled the artistic temperment. I have never seen, myself, why the possession of artistic ability should be supposed to excuse a man from a decent exercise of self-control. ✨ Agatha Christie (1985). Murder in Retrospect
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