Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
BARBARA MERTZSpring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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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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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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Since I am not as stupid as my children believe I am, I had immediately realized this might be a ruse, but I was not at all averse to a confrontation. In fact, I had been hoping for some such thing.
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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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 knew the answer, and–of course–so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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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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The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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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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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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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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