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> [Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/reputations-are-shaped-not-by-facts-but-by-prejudices/)

[Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/)

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## More by Barbara Mertz

> [It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/it-is-easier-to-counterfeit-old-age-than-youth/)

[Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/)

> [I never meant to marry. In my opinion, a woman born in the last half of the nineteenth century of the Christian era suffered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/i-never-meant-to-marry-in-my-opinion-a-woman-born-in-the-last-half-of/)

[Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/)

> [kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/kissing-someone-out-of-pity-is-always-a-mistake/)

[Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/)

> [Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/dogs-can-be-made-to-feel-guilty-about-anything-including-the-sins-of/)

[Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/)

> [Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/reputations-are-shaped-not-by-facts-but-by-prejudices/)

[Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/)

> [Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/conventional-history-completely-ignores-half-the-human-race/)

[Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/)

> [there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/there-is-nothing-like-a-garden-to-rest-the-soul/)

[Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/)

> [a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/a-church-ought-to-express-the-joy-of-religion-as-well-as-its-majesty/)

[Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/)

> [Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/husbands-do-not-care-to-be-contradicted-indeed-i-do-not-know-anyone/)

[Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/)

> [People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment and admiration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/people-who-relate-what-they-believe-to-be-new-and-startling/)

[Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/)

> [When men start talking about 'honor', there is sure to be trouble ahead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/when-men-start-talking-about-honor-there-is-sure-to-be-trouble-ahead/)

[Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/)

> [Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/children-i-feel-are-as-much-entitled-to-privacy-as-human-beings/)

[Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/)

> [Money was the manure of politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/money-was-the-manure-of-politics/)

[Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/)

> [Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/noble-causes-have-a-deplorable-effect-on-the-morals-of-the-persons/)

[Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/)

> [I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/i-have-no-writing-habit-i-work-when-i-feel-like-it-and-i-work-when-i/)

[Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/)

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