Merle Shain

It has been said that a lot of women of our generation "grew up to be the men they always wanted to marry ↗

— Merle Shain

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One often learns more from ten days of agony than ten years of contentment. ↗

— Merle Shain

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Friends are like windows through which you see out into the world and back into yourself. If you don't have friends you see much less than you otherwise might. ↗

— Merle Shain

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Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life. ↗

— Merle Shain

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Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all. ↗

— Merle Shain

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You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work with you. ↗

— Merle Shain

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The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving. ↗

— Merle Shain

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