Superstition has its practical uses.
BARBARA MERTZReputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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Money was the manure of politics.
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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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You are softening toward the young rascal because he is ill, and because he says he likes cats.” “It is an engaging quality, Emerson.” “That depends,” said Emerson darkly, “on how he likes them.
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there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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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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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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His masculinity was only too apparent
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Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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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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