Myrtle Reed Quotes - Page 4

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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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• Nothing is bad which does not harm either you or someone else.

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  Doe, Harm, Wrongdoing

  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 song of the world is all of love.

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  Song, World

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

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

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  Years, Bitterness, Sometimes

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

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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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• 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.

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  Heart, Matter, Ache

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

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• For the size of it, a check book is about the greatest convenience I know of.

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  Book, Size, Checks

  Myrtle Reed (1911). “Master of the Vineyard”, p.99, Library of Alexandria

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

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  Spiritual, Hurt, Way

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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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• Content is a matter of temperament rather than circumstance.

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  Matter, Circumstances, Temperament

  Myrtle Reed (1902). “The Spinster Book”, p.96, 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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• [On marriage:] Someone once said that it was like a crowded church - those outside were endeavouring to get in, and those inside were making violent efforts to get out.

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  Effort, Church, Violent

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

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• it is bad manners to contradict a guest. You must never insult people in your own house - always go to theirs.

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  People, House, Guests

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

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• I experienced the discomfort of those who have moved mentally, but are still clamped, physically, to the places they have moved from.

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  Moving, Discomfort, Stills

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

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• When we get civilised, I believe children will go by number until they get old enough to choose their own names.

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  Children, Believe, Names

  Myrtle Reed (1916). “Old Rose and Silver”, p.24, Library of Alexandria

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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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• 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 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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• 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 fine gifts of temperament and imagination which are essential to the production of true poetry are often accompanied by morbid sensibility. The soul capable of ecstasy and transport must pay its price in suffering; he who walks upon the heights must sometimes grovel in the dust.

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  Dust, Imagination, Soul

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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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• 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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• 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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