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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.

Barbara Mertz

A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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Common Young Youth
In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how I knew it was profane, I presume you have never owned a cat.)
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Bed Cat Silence
The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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Difficult Enemy Trouble
Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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Marriage Should Views
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
Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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Half History Race
Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point
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Crisis Lying Men
When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Emotion Gullibility Reason
When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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Foot Future Many One People Watches
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
I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don’t like to read.
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Book Thinking Writing
It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Hate Sight Strong
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
His masculinity was only too apparent
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Apparent Masculinity Only
Ramses had always been fond of Helen, in his peculiar fashion, but if he had looked at me as he was looking at her, I would have sent for a constable.
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Fashion Helen Peculiar
A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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Criminals Fancy Masters

I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.

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