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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.

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
Counterfeit
Youth
Easier
Age

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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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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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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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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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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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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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Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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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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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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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.
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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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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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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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