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> [Better extirpate the whole breed, root and branch. And this, unless the German people come to their senses, is what we propose to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/better-extirpate-the-whole-breed-root-and-branch-and-this-unless-the/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

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## Other authors on German People

## More by Gertrude Atherton

> [There is nothing so carking as the pangs of unsatisfied curiosity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/there-is-nothing-so-carking-as-the-pangs-of-unsatisfied-curiosity/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [The only two good words that can be said for a hurricane are that it gives sufficient warning of its approach, and that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/the-only-two-good-words-that-can-be-said-for-a-hurricane-are-that-it/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [The world, and the great and free United States in particular, is full of narrow-minded, ignorant, moronic, bigoted, cowardly, self-righteous, anemic, pig-headed, stupid, puritanical,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/the-world-and-the-great-and-free-united-states-in-particular-is-full/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [Men are not amusing during the shooting season; but, after all, my dear, men were not especially designed to amuse women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/men-are-not-amusing-during-the-shooting-season-but-after-all-my-dear/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [genius must ever be imperfect. Life is not long enough nor slow enough for both brain and character to grow side by side to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/genius-must-ever-be-imperfect-life-is-not-long-enough-nor-slow-enough/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [the best of all good friends is pride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/the-best-of-all-good-friends-is-pride/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [The final result of too much routine is death in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/the-final-result-of-too-much-routine-is-death-in-life/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [Self-admiration giveth much consolation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/self-admiration-giveth-much-consolation/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [Fame compensates for a column of wants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/fame-compensates-for-a-column-of-wants/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [If you can't get the very best in this world, take nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/if-you-can-t-get-the-very-best-in-this-world-take-nothing/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [No country can reach a high stage of civilization without a leisure class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/no-country-can-reach-a-high-stage-of-civilization-without-a-leisure/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [... France is the genius among nations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/france-is-the-genius-among-nations/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [The world changed somewhat in form during its progress, but never in substance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/the-world-changed-somewhat-in-form-during-its-progress-but-never-in/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [... the irony of life is not that you cannot forget but that you can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/the-irony-of-life-is-not-that-you-cannot-forget-but-that-you-can/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [ \[Alexander\] Hamilton estimated portrait painters as thieves of time. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/alexander-hamilton-estimated-portrait-painters-as-thieves-of-time/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

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