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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
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Canton
Illinois
Elizabeth Peters
Barbara Michaels
Barbara Louise Mertz
Counterfeit
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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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I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
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Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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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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The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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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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love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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You are softening toward the young rascal because he is ill, and because he says he likes cats. It is an engaging quality, Emerson. That depends, said Emerson darkly, on how he likes them.
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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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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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there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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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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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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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.
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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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