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Love has a very dulling effect on the brain

Barbara Mertz

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
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
When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Emotion Gullibility Reason
I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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Hitting People Tired
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
It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to disappointment, why experience it in advance?
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Disappointment Optimist Pessimist
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
When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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Foot Future Many One People Watches
Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Giving Men People
A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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Common Young Youth
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
Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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Brain Dulling Effects Love
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
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
A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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Criminals Fancy Masters

Love has a very dulling effect on the brain

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