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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.

Barbara Mertz

When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Emotion Gullibility Reason
Ramses had always been fond of Helen, in his peculiar fashion, but if he had looked at me as he was looking at her, I would have sent for a constable.
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Fashion Helen Peculiar
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
Superstition has its practical uses.
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Practical Superstitions Use
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Arguing Thread Trying
Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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Half History Race
..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females…and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.
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Female Men Swooning
I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family.” “Very boring, Emerson.
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English Ordinary Sometimes Wonder
A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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Criminals Fancy Masters
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
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Kissing Mistake Someone
Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Giving Men People
I’ve been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I’m immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I’m a very hard-headed person.
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Ghost Reading Stories Stuff
It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Hate Sight Strong
I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don’t like to read.
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Book Thinking Writing
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

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