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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

Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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Boredom Crush Persons
A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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Asking Giving Help Men
It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Hate Sight Strong
The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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Approval Cat Flatter Recipient
Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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Facts Prejudice Reputation
Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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Noble Political Politics
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
Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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Care Contradicted Husband
Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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Emotion Excellent Method
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 lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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Criminals Fancy Masters
stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Librarian Stereo Typical
There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.
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Doors Mother Pain
Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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Children Feel Privacy
The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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Only Way Write Writing
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
Emerson,’ I said, choosing my words with care, ‘it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you are bent on breaking your arm or your leg or your neck or all three, find a place closer to home so we won’t have to carry you such a distance.
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Distance Home Three
Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Martyrdom Results Sacrifice
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
…Nefret said with a gusty sigh, ‘Well, that’s done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one.
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Amusement Done Looks
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
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 have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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Clever Ideas Scrutiny
Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Giving Men People
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
Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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Cat Looks Self
I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family.” “Very boring, Emerson.
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English Ordinary Sometimes Wonder

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

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