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.
BARBARA MERTZYour trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.
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There is nothing sadder than the cheerful letters of the dead, expressing hopes that were never fulfilled, ambitions that were never achieved, dreams cut off before they could come to fruition.
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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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He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, “I love you, Mother.” He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns.
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When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how I knew it was profane, I presume you have never owned a cat.)
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Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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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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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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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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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. ‘Did she cry?’ she asked sweetly. ‘And then you kissed her? You shouldn’t have done that. I’m sure you meant well, but kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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