If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
BARBARA MERTZMoney was the manure of politics.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Loving someone condemns you to a lifetime of fear. You become painfully conscious of how fragile people are – bundles of brittle bones and vulnerable flesh, breeding grounds for billions of deadly germs and horrible diseases.
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Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.
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The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.–Ameila Peabody
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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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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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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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There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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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.
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I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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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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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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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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I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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