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> [you have to be very careful when you give to others that you don't tell them how great you are rather than how much you value them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/you-have-to-be-very-careful-when-you-give-to-others-that-you-don-t/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

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## More by Merle Shain

> [One often learns more from ten days of agony than ten years of contentment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/one-often-learns-more-from-ten-days-of-agony-than-ten-years-of/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [Feelings take you into uncharted territory from time to time it's true, but you almost always benefit from the journey one way or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/feelings-take-you-into-uncharted-territory-from-time-to-time-it-s/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/the-act-is-unjustifiable-that-either-begs-for-a-blessing-or-having/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [Some men are more perfect than others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/some-men-are-more-perfect-than-others/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [Loving someone means helping them to be more themselves, which can be different from being what you’d like them to be, although often they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/loving-someone-means-helping-them-to-be-more-themselves-which-can-be/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [Anger is a passion, so it makes people feel alive and makes them feel they matter and are in charge of their lives. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/anger-is-a-passion-so-it-makes-people-feel-alive-and-makes-them-feel/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [It can be much harder to be on the receiving end of a transaction than to be the one who gets to give. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/it-can-be-much-harder-to-be-on-the-receiving-end-of-a-transaction/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [Love is short, forgetting is long, and understanding longer still.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/love-is-short-forgetting-is-long-and-understanding-longer-still/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [The roots of love sink down and deep and strike out far, and they are arteries that feed our lives, so we must see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/the-roots-of-love-sink-down-and-deep-and-strike-out-far-and-they-are/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [Friends are people who help you be more yourself, more the person you are intended to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/friends-are-people-who-help-you-be-more-yourself-more-the-person-you/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [“ Whether the melon falls on the knife or the knife falls on the melon, it's the melon that suffers." And so it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/whether-the-melon-falls-on-the-knife-or-the-knife-falls-on-the-melon/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [when you put something good into the world, something good comes back to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/when-you-put-something-good-into-the-world-something-good-comes-back/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [Our times are obsessed with finding fulfillment, so there are times when some people try too hard, and there are people who want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/our-times-are-obsessed-with-finding-fulfillment-so-there-are-times/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [The day you spend hoping, the day you spend waiting, the day you spend in despair, is a day in your life as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/the-day-you-spend-hoping-the-day-you-spend-waiting-the-day-you-spend/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [Marriage is supposed to do everything, like Duz, which is more than half its problem. It is said to save us, define us, give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/marriage-is-supposed-to-do-everything-like-duz-which-is-more-than/)

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