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Content is a matter of temperament rather than circumstance.

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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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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... the song of the world is all of love.
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A book, unlike any other friend, will wait, not only upon the hour but upon the mood.
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Home is a place where we all do as we please - usually regardless of the others.
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Silence always gives consent.
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May our house always be too small to hold all of our friends.
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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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The body grows by food and work, the mind by use, and the soul through joy and pain.
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Love and hate always remember it is only indifference that forgets.
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Activity is a sovereign remedy for the blues.
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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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