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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.

Barbara Mertz

Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses’s lap and began to purr. ‘The creature oozes like a furry slug,’ said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.
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Favors Lap Slugs
It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Hate Sight Strong
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Kissing Mistake Someone
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
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
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
When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Emotion Gullibility Reason
I don’t think she realized how much she cared for him, or he for her, until the end. Hasn’t someone said a woman may be known by the men who love her enough to die for her? (If they haven’t, I claim the credit myself.)
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Credit Men Thinking
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
Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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Emotion Excellent Method
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
I never meant to marry. In my opinion, a woman born in the last half of the nineteenth century of the Christian era suffered from enough disadvantages without willfully embracing another.
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Christian Half Lasts
But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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Dust Instinct Scholarly
Superstition has its practical uses.
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Practical Superstitions Use
Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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Brain Dulling Effects Love
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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Exaggeration Form Humor

Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.

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