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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.

Barbara Mertz

I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to – mostly the latter.
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Habit Latter Writing
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
If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.
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Down And Lying Weakness
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
When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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Men Political Talking
Cats 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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Cat People Touching
Superstition has its practical uses.
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Practical Superstitions Use
Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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Children Feel Privacy
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Kissing Mistake Someone
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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Exaggeration Form Humor
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
Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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Another Body Every Year Years
The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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Difficult Enemy Trouble
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
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 have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.

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