Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
BARBARA MERTZ..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females…and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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I’ve been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I’m immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I’m a very hard-headed person.
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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses’s lap and began to purr. ‘The creature oozes like a furry slug,’ said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.
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Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.
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Superstition has its practical uses.
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I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle…. Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)
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Money was the manure of politics.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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