A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
BARBARA MERTZNoble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how I knew it was profane, I presume you have never owned a cat.)
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When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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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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there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
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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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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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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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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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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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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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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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