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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - July 24, 2016
When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.
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Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)  
Years ago my mother said to me, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.
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Mary Chase (1887 - 1973), Elwood P. Dowd (Jimmy Stewart) in "Harvey", 1950  
Three failures denote uncommon strength. A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice.
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Minna Thomas Antrim  
Do not believe that he who seeks to comfort you lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life has much difficulty... Were it otherwise he would never have been able to find those words.
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Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)  
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