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.
BARBARA MERTZThe combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.–Ameila Peabody
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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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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Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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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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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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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
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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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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas – an idea a page.
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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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