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That’s maturity-when you realize that you’ve finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.

Barbara Mertz

The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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Approval Cat Flatter Recipient
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
When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Emotion Gullibility Reason
Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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Emotion Excellent Method
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
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
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
Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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Facts Prejudice Reputation
Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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Care Contradicted Husband
A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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Criminals Fancy Masters
The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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Lectures Opportunity Teaching
But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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Dust Instinct Scholarly
Loving someone condemns you to a lifetime of fear. You become painfully conscious of how fragile people are – bundles of brittle bones and vulnerable flesh, breeding grounds for billions of deadly germs and horrible diseases.
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Disease Loving People Someone
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
Superstition has its practical uses.
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Practical Superstitions Use
The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.–Ameila Peabody
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Heart Husband Moral

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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