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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - June 4, 2026
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.
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Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818  
I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other's company.
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Jane Goodall (1934 - ), Lecture in Salt Lake City, Utah, 03-04-08  
It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.
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Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650), 'Le Discours de la Methode,' 1637  
The secret of happiness in not in what one likes to do, but in what one has to do.
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James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)  

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