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No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.

Barbara Mertz

a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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Church Joy Majesty
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
When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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Foot Future Many One People Watches
Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Martyrdom Results Sacrifice
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
It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Hate Sight Strong
Money was the manure of politics.
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Manure Money Politics
Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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Noble Political Politics
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
Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Giving Men People
A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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Asking Giving Help Men
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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Exaggeration Form Humor
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
If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
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Arrogance Men Surprise
When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Emotion Gullibility Reason
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.
BARBARA MERTZ

Christian Half Lasts

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