there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
BARBARA MERTZI never meant to marry. In my opinion, a woman born in the last half of the nineteenth century of the Christian era suffered from enough disadvantages without willfully embracing another.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
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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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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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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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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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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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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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…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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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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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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