A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
BARBARA MERTZThe opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
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..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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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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Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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I don’t think she realized how much she cared for him, or he for her, until the end. Hasn’t someone said a woman may be known by the men who love her enough to die for her? (If they haven’t, I claim the credit myself.)
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I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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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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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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