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BARBARA MERTZA lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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I had refused Emerson’s well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take.
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If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
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There is nothing sadder than the cheerful letters of the dead, expressing hopes that were never fulfilled, ambitions that were never achieved, dreams cut off before they could come to fruition.
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Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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That’s maturity-when you realize that you’ve finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
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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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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point
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Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.
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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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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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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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Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
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…Nefret said with a gusty sigh, ‘Well, that’s done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one.
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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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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family.” “Very boring, Emerson.
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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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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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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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