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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.

Barbara Mertz

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Barbara Mertz
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 29
Died: 2013
Died: August 8
Archaeologist
Author
Egyptologist
Novelist
Writer
Canton
Illinois
Elizabeth Peters
Barbara Michaels
Barbara Louise Mertz
Opportunity
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Restored
Lecture
Lectures
Teaching
Humor

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I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting.
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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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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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I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
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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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Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
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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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..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females...and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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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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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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The only people who are not in awe of Emerson's powerful voice and well-nigh superhuman strength are the members of his own family. He is aware of this, and often complains about it so from time to time I like to put on a little show of being intimidated. 'Proceed, my dear,' I said apologetically.
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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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I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family. Very boring, Emerson.
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I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.
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Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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Now, Mama, Papa, and sir, said Ramses, please withdraw to the farthest corner and crouch down with your backs turned. It is as I feared we will never break through by this method. The walls are eight feet thick. Fortunately I brought along a little nitroglycerin-- Oh, good Gad, shrieked Inspector Cuff.
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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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