Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
BARBARA MERTZCats 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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I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.
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Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.
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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
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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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The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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Money was the manure of politics.
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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas – an idea a page.
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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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