Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
BARBARA MERTZMartyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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Ramses had always been fond of Helen, in his peculiar fashion, but if he had looked at me as he was looking at her, I would have sent for a constable.
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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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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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I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long time ago, and Holy Writ, though no doubt divinely inspired, is a trifle careless about details. God is not a historian).
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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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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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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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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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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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Superstition has its practical uses.
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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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It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
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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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