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Gossip is the social mosquito.

Myrtle Reed

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Myrtle Reed
Age: 36 †
Born: 1874
Born: September 27
Died: 1911
Died: August 17
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Olive Green
Myrtle Reed MacCollough
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When things hurt us, we're merely on our way to another spiritual environment.
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It saves trouble to be conventional, for you're not always explaining things.
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when you can't see straight ahead, it's because you're about to turn a corner.
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The body grows by food and work, the mind by use, and the soul through joy and pain.
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