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Money was the manure of politics.
Superstition has its practical uses.
His masculinity was only too apparent
love has a very dulling effect on the brain
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
When emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow.
Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
Cats always pick the laps of the people who don't like them.
Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
I do hope you have some money. I'm getting tired of hitting people.
It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
When men start talking about 'honor', there is sure to be trouble ahead.
The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.
Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read.
Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.
stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.
I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.
If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson