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> [It is personal vanity of the most flagrant type which intrudes itself, unasked, into other people's affairs. There are few of us who do not feel capable of ordering the daily lives of others, down to the most minute detail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/it-is-personal-vanity-of-the-most-flagrant-type-which-intrudes-itself/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

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## More by Myrtle Reed

> [When a little pleasure has flashed for a moment against the dark, I have made that jewel mine. I have hundreds of them ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/when-a-little-pleasure-has-flashed-for-a-moment-against-the-dark-i/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

> [marriage is a great strain upon love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/marriage-is-a-great-strain-upon-love/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

> [The appointed thing comes at the appointed time in the appointed way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/the-appointed-thing-comes-at-the-appointed-time-in-the-appointed-way/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

> [Revolution is obstructed evolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/revolution-is-obstructed-evolution/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

> [Pedestals are always lonely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/pedestals-are-always-lonely/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

> [When we get civilised, I believe children will go by number until they get old enough to choose their own names.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/when-we-get-civilised-i-believe-children-will-go-by-number-until-they/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

> [Love is an orchid which thrives principally on hot air.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/love-is-an-orchid-which-thrives-principally-on-hot-air/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

> [Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/lots-of-people-think-they-re-charitable-if-they-give-away-their-old/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

> [All we can do in this world is the thing that seems to us the best. We have no concern with the results, except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/all-we-can-do-in-this-world-is-the-thing-that-seems-to-us-the-best-we/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

> [Sins of commission are far more productive of happiness than the sins of omission.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/sins-of-commission-are-far-more-productive-of-happiness-than-the-sins/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

> [Legislation may at times be disobeyed, but never law, for the breaking brings swift punishment of its own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/legislation-may-at-times-be-disobeyed-but-never-law-for-the-breaking/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

> [Home is a place where we all do as we please - usually regardless of the others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/home-is-a-place-where-we-all-do-as-we-please-usually-regardless-of/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

> [The things that are ours cannot be given away, or taken away, or lost. We break our hearts, all of us, trying to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/the-things-that-are-ours-cannot-be-given-away-or-taken-away-or-lost/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

> [Womankind suffers from three delusions: marriage will reform a man, a rejected lover is heartbroken for life, and if the other women were only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/womankind-suffers-from-three-delusions-marriage-will-reform-a-man-a/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

> [I've always thought my flowers had souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/i-ve-always-thought-my-flowers-had-souls/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

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