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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.

Barbara Mertz

Ramses had always been fond of Helen, in his peculiar fashion, but if he had looked at me as he was looking at her, I would have sent for a constable.
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Fashion Helen Peculiar
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
Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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Cat Looks Self
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
Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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Emotion Excellent Method
When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Emotion Gullibility Reason
I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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Hitting People Tired
People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment and admiration.
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Astonishment Believe People
He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, “I love you, Mother.” He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns.
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Love Mother Son You
a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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Church Joy Majesty
Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Martyrdom Results Sacrifice
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
Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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Boredom Crush Persons
The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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Approval Cat Flatter Recipient
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 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

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