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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.: William James (1842 - 1910)
The meal is not over when I'm full. The meal is over when I hate myself.: Louis C. K., Louis C. K.: Chewed Up, 2008

Results from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations:

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.: Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), Song of Myself, 1855
Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit.: Francis Marion (1732 - 1795)
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Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.: Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, 'there is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.' A well bred woman may easily and effectually promote the most useful and elegant conversation without speaking a word. The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.: Tom Blair
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There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)

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