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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.

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
Lies
Trample
Lying
Invitation
Upon
Invitations
Individual
Invites
Someone
Vulnerability
Decline
Remarkable
Weakness

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