I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don’t like to read.
BARBARA MERTZA man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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His masculinity was only too apparent
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I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long time ago, and Holy Writ, though no doubt divinely inspired, is a trifle careless about details. God is not a historian).
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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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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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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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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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It’s not unsporting to thrash a cowardly cad,’ said Simmons. ‘Everyone knows you don’t fight like a gentleman.’ ‘That might be called an oxymoron,’ Ramses said. ‘Oh–sorry. Bad form to use long words. Look it up when you get home.’ The poor devil didn’t know how to fight, like a gentleman or otherwise.
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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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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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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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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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