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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.

Barbara Mertz

…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
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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Bird Looks Writing
A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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Common Young Youth
I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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Clever Ideas Scrutiny
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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Exaggeration Form Humor
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
It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
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Determination Littles May
Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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Care Contradicted Husband
I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
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Book Three Way
I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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Cold Girl Manipulation
The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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Difficult Enemy Trouble
When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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Men Political Talking
Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses’s lap and began to purr. ‘The creature oozes like a furry slug,’ said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.
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Favors Lap Slugs
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
I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle…. Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)
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Husband Independent Intelligent
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Kissing Mistake Someone

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