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Merle Shain Quotes

«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.»
«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.»
«You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work with you.»
Author: Merle Shain | About: Heart, Work | Keywords: employ, hire
«But who would rush at a benighted man, and give him two black eyes for being blind?»
Author: Merle Shain | Keywords: benighted, black eye, rush
«The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.»
Author: Merle Shain | About: Action | Keywords: begs, succeeded, thanksgiving, unjustifiable
«Most women would rather have someone whisper their name at optimum moments than rocket with contractions to the moon»
Author: Merle Shain | About: Women | Keywords: contraction, contractions, optimum
«Friendship is the gift that goes on giving and is a gift to both the person given to and to the giver as well. But to really make it work it isn't enough to give to another person, you have also to let them give to you.»
Author: Merle Shain | About: Friendship
«If I were to marry again tomorrow, I wouldtn't give up one friend. I'd take them all with me as a sort of dowry and tell my new husband that he was getting a rich wife.»
Author: Merle Shain | About: Friends