Barbara Mertz Quotes

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Money was the manure of politics.

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Superstition has its practical uses.

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His masculinity was only too apparent

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love has a very dulling effect on the brain

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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.

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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.

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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.

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there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.

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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.

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Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.

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Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.

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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.

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The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.

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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.

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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.

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When emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow.

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Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.

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Cats always pick the laps of the people who don't like them.

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Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.

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The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.

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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.

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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.

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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.

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I do hope you have some money. I'm getting tired of hitting people.

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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.

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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.

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When men start talking about 'honor', there is sure to be trouble ahead.

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The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.

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

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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.

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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.

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I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read.

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Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.

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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.

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No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.

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

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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.

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It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!

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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.

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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.

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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.

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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.

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Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.

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I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.

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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.

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There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.

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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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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!

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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.

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If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson