Myrtle Reed - Old Rose and Silver (1909)

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Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want. It isn't charity to give away things you want to get rid of and it isn't a sacrifice to do things you don't mind doing.

Myrtle Reed
Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

Myrtle Reed
The only way to win happiness is to give it. The more we give, the more we have.

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How strange it is that life must be nearly over, before one fully learns to live!

Myrtle Reed
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.

Myrtle Reed
When you can't see straight ahead, it's because you're about to turn a corner.

Myrtle Reed
It seems to take a lifetime for us to learn that wisdom consists largely in a graceful acceptance of things that do not immediately concern us.

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When we come to the sundown road, we need all the love we have managed to take with us from the summit of the hill.

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

Myrtle Reed
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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One uncongenial guest can ruin a dinner more easily than a poor salad, and that is saying a great deal.

Myrtle Reed