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When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.

Barbara Mertz

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
a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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Church Joy Majesty
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
The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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Difficult Enemy Trouble
Superstition has its practical uses.
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Practical Superstitions Use
When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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Men Political Talking
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
Since I am not as stupid as my children believe I am, I had immediately realized this might be a ruse, but I was not at all averse to a confrontation. In fact, I had been hoping for some such thing.
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Believe Children Stupid
Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
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Gentleman Men Pay
I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don’t like to read.
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Book Thinking Writing
I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
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Appearance Demand Female
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
Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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Care Contradicted Husband
You are softening toward the young rascal because he is ill, and because he says he likes cats.” “It is an engaging quality, Emerson.” “That depends,” said Emerson darkly, “on how he likes them.
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Cat Likes Quality
Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. ‘Did she cry?’ she asked sweetly. ‘And then you kissed her? You shouldn’t have done that. I’m sure you meant well, but kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Done Kissing Mistake
I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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Clever Ideas Scrutiny

When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.

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