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• Fortunately age does not affect literature. After a man is dead, he may continue in the business and often rank higher than his living competitors.

  Myrtle Reed

  Men, Age, Doe

  Myrtle Reed (1904). “The Book of Clever Beasts: Studies in Unnatural History”

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• I had thought, in my blindness, that the great things were the easiest to do, but now I see that drudgery is an inseparable part of everything worth while, and the more worth while it is, the more drudgery is involved.

  Myrtle Reed

  Work, Blindness, Inseparable

  MYRTLE REED (1910). “MASTER OF THE VINEYARD”

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• Marriage is the process by which a woman deprives herself of an escort.

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  Process

  Myrtle Reed, Mary Badollet Powell (1911). “The Myrtle Reed Year Book: Epigrams and Opinions from the Writings and Sayings of Myrtle Reed”

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• The appointed thing comes at the appointed time in the appointed way.

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  Time, Way, Timing

  Myrtle Reed, Mary Badollet Powell (1911). “The Myrtle Reed Year Book: Epigrams and Opinions from the Writings and Sayings of Myrtle Reed”

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• I have a friend, physically magnificent, who combines within himself the intellect of a philosopher, the diplomacy of a statesman, the executive ability of the general of an army, the courtesy of a Chesterfield - and the emotions of a rabbit.

  Myrtle Reed

  Army, Personality, Rabbits

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• when one has learned to wait patiently, one has learned to live.

  Myrtle Reed

  Waiting

  Myrtle Reed (2017). “The Master's Violin”, p.98, Litres

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• Art, if it is art, will develop in whatever circumstances it is placed.

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  Art, Circumstances, Ifs

  Myrtle Reed (2014). “The White Shield”, p.27, GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers

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• Anger is a better weapon than tears; a burr commands more respect than a sensitive plant.

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  Anger, Tears, Weapons

  Myrtle Reed, Mary Badollet Powell (1911). “The Myrtle Reed Year Book: Epigrams and Opinions from the Writings and Sayings of Myrtle Reed”

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• Some women are born to be married, some achieve marriage, and others have marriage thrust upon them.

  Myrtle Reed

  Married, Achieve, Born

  Myrtle Reed (1911). “Master of the Vineyard”, p.115, Library of Alexandria

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• In every life there is a perfect moment, like a flash of sun. We can shape our days by that, if we will - before by faith, and afterward by memory.

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  Memories, Perfect, Live In The Moment

  Myrtle Reed (1902). “Lavender and Old Lace”

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• Content is a matter of temperament rather than circumstance.

  Myrtle Reed

  Matter, Circumstances, Temperament

  Myrtle Reed (1902). “The Spinster Book”, p.96, Library of Alexandria

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• There isn't a new sorrow in the world -- they're all old ones -- but we can all find new happiness if we look in the right way.

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  Sorrow, Looks, World

  Myrtle Reed (2017). “Lavender and Old Lace”, p.45, Lindhardt og Ringhof

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• It saves trouble to be conventional, for you're not always explaining things.

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  Trouble, Explaining, Explaining Things

  Myrtle Reed (1916). “Old Rose and Silver”, p.19, Library of Alexandria

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• Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

  Myrtle Reed

  Wisdom, Giving, Silence

  Myrtle Reed (1916). “Old Rose and Silver”, p.3, Library of Alexandria

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• Sins of commission are far more productive of happiness than the sins of omission.

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  Omission, Sin, Productive

  Myrtle Reed (2012). “The Spinster Book”, p.91, tredition

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• If we could only use other folks' experience, this here world would be heaven in about three generations, but we're so constructed that we never believe fire'll burn till we poke our own fingers into it to see. Other folks' scars don't go no ways at all toward convincin' us.

  Myrtle Reed

  Believe, Fire, Heaven

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• Conceit is lovable and unconcealed ; vanity is supreme selfishness, usually hidden.

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  Vanity, Selfishness, Lovable

  Myrtle Reed (2012). “The Spinster Book”, p.124, tredition

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• ... sometimes, out of bitterness, the years distill forgiveness.

  Myrtle Reed

  Years, Bitterness, Sometimes

  Myrtle Reed (1902). “Lavender and Old Lace”

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• If we all tried to make other people's paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.

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  Inspirational, Feet, People

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• ... no matter how one's heart aches, one can do the necessary things and do them well.

  Myrtle Reed

  Heart, Matter, Ache

  MYRTLE REED (1910). “MASTER OF THE VINEYARD”

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• Three things I have longed to see ... The sea serpent, a white rhinoceros, and an unselfish man.

  Myrtle Reed

  Men, Sea, White

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• When things hurt us, we're merely on our way to another spiritual environment.

  Myrtle Reed

  Spiritual, Hurt, Way

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• Revolution is obstructed evolution.

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  Revolution, Evolution

  Myrtle Reed, Mary Badollet Powell (1911). “The Myrtle Reed Year Book: Epigrams and Opinions from the Writings and Sayings of Myrtle Reed”

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• Activity is a sovereign remedy for the blues.

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  Sadness, Sovereign, Remedy

  Myrtle Reed (1911). “Master of the Vineyard”, p.21, Library of Alexandria

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• But somewhere on the great world the sun is always shining, and, just so sure as you live, it will sometime shine on you.

  Myrtle Reed

  Shine On, Shining, World

  "The Master's Violin".

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