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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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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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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there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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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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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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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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I don’t think she realized how much she cared for him, or he for her, until the end. Hasn’t someone said a woman may be known by the men who love her enough to die for her? (If they haven’t, I claim the credit myself.)
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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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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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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point
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Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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