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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.

Barbara Mertz

But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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Dust Instinct Scholarly
His masculinity was only too apparent
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Apparent Masculinity Only
When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Emotion Gullibility Reason
The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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Lectures Opportunity Teaching
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
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Arguing Thread Trying
I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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Clever Ideas Scrutiny
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
A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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Common Young Youth
Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Martyrdom Results Sacrifice
..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
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
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
Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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Cat Looks Self
I knew the answer, and–of course–so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.
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Answers Courses Superb
If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.
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Arms Drug Government

A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.

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