Agatha Christie quote about duty from The Mysterious Affair at Styles - There are times when it is one's duty to assert oneself.
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There are times when it is one's duty to assert oneself.
 Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920). copy citation

Context

“The remark seemed so utterly irrelevant that I did not even take the trouble to answer it. But I decided that if I made any interesting and important discoveries—as no doubt I should—I would keep them to myself, and surprise Poirot with the ultimate result.
There are times when it is one's duty to assert oneself.
CHAPTER IX. DR. BAUERSTEIN I had had no opportunity as yet of passing on Poirot's message to Lawrence. But now, as I strolled out on the lawn, still nursing a grudge against my friend's high-handedness, I saw Lawrence on the croquet lawn, aimlessly knocking a couple of very ancient balls about, with a still more ancient mallet.” source

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