Myrtle Reed
Myrtle Reed
Myrtle Reedwas an American author, poet, journalist, and philanthropist. She wrote a number of bestsellers and even published a series of cookbooks under the pseudonym Olive Green...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth27 September 1874
CountryUnited States of America
real letters ridiculous
A real love letter is absolutely ridiculous to everyone except the writer and the recipient.
letters love-letter evidence
Did you ever read a love-letter that wasn't an evidence of idiocy - except your own?
pain joy soul
The body grows by food and work, the mind by use, and the soul through joy and pain.
gossip mosquitoes social
Gossip is the social mosquito.
change sweet essence
Impermanence is the very essence of joy-the drop of bitterness that enables one to perceive the sweet.
vanity selfishness lovable
Conceit is lovable and unconcealed ; vanity is supreme selfishness, usually hidden.
wisdom giving silence
Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.
giving mind trouble
When you borrow trouble you give your peace of mind as security.
shine-on shining world
Somewhere on this great world the sun is always shining, and it will sometimes shine on you.
trouble explaining explaining-things
It saves trouble to be conventional, for you're not always explaining things.
summer rocks discovery
The river itself portrays humanity precisely, with its tortuous windings, its accumulation of driftwood, its unsuspected depths, and its crystalline shallows, singing in the Summer sun. Barriers may be built across its path, but they bring only power, as the conquering of an obstacle is always sure to do. Sometimes when the rocks and stone-clad hills loom large ahead, and eternity itself would be needed to carve a passage, there is an easy way around. The discovery of it makes the river sing with gladness and turns the murmurous deeps to living water, bright with ripples and foam.
memorable thinking clothes
Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want.
wisdom acceptance lifetime
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.
kindness fighting years
Youth asks no greater privilege than to fight its own battles. It is mistaken kindness to shield - it weakens one in the years to come.