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title: "2 Trouble Life Quotes By Margaret Ayer Barnes"
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> [“The trouble with education is,' said Jimmy cheerfully, 'that we always read everything when we're too young to know what it means. And the trouble with life is that we're always too busy to reread it later. There's more sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-ayer-barnes/the-trouble-with-education-is-said-jimmy-cheerfully-that-we-always/)

[Margaret Ayer Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-ayer-barnes/)

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> [The trouble with education is that we always read everything when we're too young to know what it means. And the trouble with life is that we're always too busy to re-read it later.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-ayer-barnes/the-trouble-with-education-is-that-we-always-read-everything-when-we/)

[Margaret Ayer Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-ayer-barnes/)

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## More by Margaret Ayer Barnes

> [Sentiment, crystallized, grows into sentimentality. It lost all spontaneity, which was the essence of feeling. It was dated--old-fashioned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-ayer-barnes/sentiment-crystallized-grows-into-sentimentality-it-lost-all/)

[Margaret Ayer Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-ayer-barnes/)

> [Riches make cowards of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-ayer-barnes/riches-make-cowards-of-us/)

[Margaret Ayer Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-ayer-barnes/)

> [All wars are crusades, or we're made to feel they are. That's just what's so wicked about them. We're made to feel - not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-ayer-barnes/all-wars-are-crusades-or-we-re-made-to-feel-they-are-that-s-just-what/)

[Margaret Ayer Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-ayer-barnes/)

> [There's nothing in all the world as much fun as talk. When you're talking, that is, with the right person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-ayer-barnes/there-s-nothing-in-all-the-world-as-much-fun-as-talk-when-you-re/)

[Margaret Ayer Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-ayer-barnes/)

> [Character is the best security.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-ayer-barnes/character-is-the-best-security/)

[Margaret Ayer Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-ayer-barnes/)

> [“The trouble with education is,' said Jimmy cheerfully, 'that we always read everything when we're too young to know what it means. And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-ayer-barnes/the-trouble-with-education-is-said-jimmy-cheerfully-that-we-always/)

[Margaret Ayer Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-ayer-barnes/)

> [I've almost come to feel that it doesn't make much difference what you believe in - the thing that's important is a state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-ayer-barnes/i-ve-almost-come-to-feel-that-it-doesn-t-make-much-difference-what/)

[Margaret Ayer Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-ayer-barnes/)

> [The martial spirit is never dead. It sleeps through fortunate generations, but it wakes up very quickly to the toot of a fife. There's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-ayer-barnes/the-martial-spirit-is-never-dead-it-sleeps-through-fortunate/)

[Margaret Ayer Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-ayer-barnes/)

> [The trouble with education is that we always read everything when we're too young to know what it means. And the trouble with life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-ayer-barnes/the-trouble-with-education-is-that-we-always-read-everything-when-we/)

[Margaret Ayer Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-ayer-barnes/)

> [Resisted temptations become lost opportunities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-ayer-barnes/resisted-temptations-become-lost-opportunities/)

[Margaret Ayer Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-ayer-barnes/)

> [Character comes before scholarship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-ayer-barnes/character-comes-before-scholarship/)

[Margaret Ayer Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-ayer-barnes/)

> [All banks should be under government control. Deposits guaranteed, dividends reduced, officials turned into state servants taking their orders from Washington.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-ayer-barnes/all-banks-should-be-under-government-control-deposits-guaranteed/)

[Margaret Ayer Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-ayer-barnes/)

> [Curious, isn't it that "talking with the right people" means something so different from "talking with the right person"?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-ayer-barnes/curious-isn-t-it-that-talking-with-the-right-people-means-something/)

[Margaret Ayer Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-ayer-barnes/)

> [It's a great shame that the world was organized with two sexes. It makes for a lot of trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-ayer-barnes/it-s-a-great-shame-that-the-world-was-organized-with-two-sexes-it/)

[Margaret Ayer Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-ayer-barnes/)

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