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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - October 17, 2025
No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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Sam Rayburn (1882 - 1961)  
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)  
No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone.
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Wendy Wasserstein (1950 - 2005), Isn't It Romantic, 1983  
Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.
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Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957)  

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