Myrtle Reed Quotes - Page 3

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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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• Of all the things that make for happiness, the love of books comes first. No matter how the world may have used us, sure solace lies there.

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  Lying, Book, Firsts

  Myrtle Reed (1905). “The Master's Violin”

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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.

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  Work, Blindness, Inseparable

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

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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.

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  Army, Personality, Rabbits

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

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

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  Wisdom, Giving, Silence

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

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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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• 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.

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  Believe, Fire, Heaven

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• A bird is joy incarnate.

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  Bird, Joy

  Myrtle Reed (1906). “Later Love Letters of a Musician”

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• The conventions of society are all in the interests of morality. If you're conventional, you'll be good, in a negative sense, of course.

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  Negative, Morality, Conventions

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

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• There is a great deal of trouble in this world which is not caused by people keeping their mouths shut.

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  People, World, Mouths

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

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• the world has been fair cruel if you've never known the love of a dog!

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  Dog, World, Has Beens

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• Nothing in the world was ever built without a dream at the beginning.

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  Dream, World, Built

  Myrtle Reed (1903). “The Shadow of Victory: A Romance of Fort Dearborn”

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• A good forgettery is a happier possession than a good memory.

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  Memories, Good Memories, Forget

  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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• Gossip is the social mosquito.

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  Gossip, Mosquitoes, Social

  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've just washed my hair and I can't do a thing with it!

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  Hair, I Can

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• Home is a place where we all do as we please - usually regardless of the others.

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  Home, Please

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• If there's anythin' on earth that can be more tryin' than any kind of relative, I don't know what it is, but relatives by marriage comes first - easy.

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  Earth, Firsts, Kind

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• Love and hate always remember; it is only indifference that forgets.

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  Hate, Remember, Indifference

  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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• Did you ever read a love-letter that wasn't an evidence of idiocy - except your own?

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  Letters, Love Letter, Evidence

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• Love is an orchid which thrives principally on hot air.

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  Love Is, Air, Orchids

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