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The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.–Ameila Peabody

Barbara Mertz

To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Arguing Thread Trying
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
There is nothing sadder than the cheerful letters of the dead, expressing hopes that were never fulfilled, ambitions that were never achieved, dreams cut off before they could come to fruition.
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Ambition Cutting Dream
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
Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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Advice Fire Trouser
Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Martyrdom Results Sacrifice
When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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Foot Future Many One People Watches
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
His masculinity was only too apparent
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Apparent Masculinity Only
The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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Approval Cat Flatter Recipient
Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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Boredom Crush Persons
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
Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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Cat Looks Self
Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Giving Men People
Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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Facts Prejudice Reputation
The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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Only Way Write Writing
stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Librarian Stereo Typical
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
When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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Men Political Talking
Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
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Gentleman Men Pay
there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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Garden Gardening Soul
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
A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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Criminals Fancy Masters
I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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Cold Girl Manipulation
Since I am not as stupid as my children believe I am, I had immediately realized this might be a ruse, but I was not at all averse to a confrontation. In fact, I had been hoping for some such thing.
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Believe Children Stupid
Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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Another Body Every Year Years

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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