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One of the most interesting things in the world to me is the vast difference between what people say they are going to do, and what they actually do.
Myrtle Reed
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Myrtle Reed
Age: 36 †
Born: 1874
Born: September 27
Died: 1911
Died: August 17
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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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The appointed thing comes at the appointed time in the appointed way.
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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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when one has learned to wait patiently, one has learned to live.
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May our house always be too small to hold all of our friends.
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There is only one path which leads to the house of forgiveness - that of understanding.
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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 the years bring wisdom, one learns to leave many problems to their own working out.
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All we can do in this world is the thing that seems to us the best. We have no concern with the results, except as a guide for the future, and sometimes, years afterward, we see that what seemed like a bitter loss was, in reality, gain.
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... sometimes, out of bitterness, the years distill forgiveness.
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Love is an orchid which thrives principally on hot air.
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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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Three things I have longed to see ... The sea serpent, a white rhinoceros, and an unselfish man.
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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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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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A good forgettery is a happier possession than a good memory.
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