Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
BARBARA MERTZI would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Emerson,’ I said, choosing my words with care, ‘it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you are bent on breaking your arm or your leg or your neck or all three, find a place closer to home so we won’t have to carry you such a distance.
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He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, “I love you, Mother.” He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns.
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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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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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There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
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Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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Money was the manure of politics.
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The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.–Ameila Peabody
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Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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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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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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