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If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson

Barbara Mertz

It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Hate Sight Strong
Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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Advice Fire Trouser
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
Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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Facts Prejudice Reputation
It’s not unsporting to thrash a cowardly cad,’ said Simmons. ‘Everyone knows you don’t fight like a gentleman.’ ‘That might be called an oxymoron,’ Ramses said. ‘Oh–sorry. Bad form to use long words. Look it up when you get home.’ The poor devil didn’t know how to fight, like a gentleman or otherwise.
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Fighting Home Sorry
A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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Asking Giving Help Men
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
Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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Cat Looks Self
Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Giving Men People
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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Exaggeration Form Humor
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
That’s maturity-when you realize that you’ve finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
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Ignorance Maturity Profound
When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Emotion Gullibility Reason
Money was the manure of politics.
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Manure Money Politics
I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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Cold Girl Manipulation
Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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Brain Dulling Effects Love

If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson

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