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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.

Barbara Mertz

I’ve been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I’m immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I’m a very hard-headed person.
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Ghost Reading Stories Stuff
Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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Brain Dulling Effects Love
Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything – including their own sins.
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Blame Cat Dog
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Kissing Mistake Someone
A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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Asking Giving Help Men
I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don’t know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don’t bother to become interesting.
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Beautiful Hero Nice
Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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Another Body Every Year Years
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
Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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Half History Race
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
Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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Marriage Should Views
The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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Approval Cat Flatter Recipient
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 way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal – or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.
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Cat Treats Way
Superstition has its practical uses.
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Practical Superstitions Use
I knew the answer, and–of course–so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.
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Answers Courses Superb

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