Thread Quotes by Barbara Mertz

It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.

— 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…

— Barbara Mertz

kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.

— 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 -…

— Barbara Mertz

Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.

— Barbara Mertz

Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.

— Barbara Mertz

there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.

— Barbara Mertz

a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.

— Barbara Mertz

Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.

— 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.

— Barbara Mertz

When men start talking about 'honor', there is sure to be trouble ahead.

— Barbara Mertz

Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.

— Barbara Mertz