a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
BARBARA MERTZNo woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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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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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Money was the manure of politics.
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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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Emerson,’ I said, choosing my words with care, ‘it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you are bent on breaking your arm or your leg or your neck or all three, find a place closer to home so we won’t have to carry you such a distance.
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Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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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 you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
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When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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I 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.
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