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If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson

Barbara Mertz

Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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Marriage Should Views
Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.
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Cat People Touching
No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
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Funny Want Women
Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Giving Men People
Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas – an idea a page.
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Book Idea Needs
I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family.” “Very boring, Emerson.
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English Ordinary Sometimes Wonder
I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long time ago, and Holy Writ, though no doubt divinely inspired, is a trifle careless about details. God is not a historian).
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Doubt Gold Long Time
If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
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Arrogance Men Surprise
Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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Noble Political Politics
The only people who are not in awe of Emerson’s powerful voice and well-nigh superhuman strength are the members of his own family. He is aware of this, and often complains about it; so from time to time I like to put on a little show of being intimidated. ‘Proceed, my dear,’ I said apologetically.
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People Powerful Voice
It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
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Determination Littles May
His masculinity was only too apparent
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Apparent Masculinity Only
Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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Another Body Every Year Years
I had refused Emerson’s well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take.
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Effort Knowing Moving
There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
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Ancient People World
Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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Boredom Crush Persons

If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson

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