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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - April 09, 2024

Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.: Saadi (1184 - 1291)
The first rule of business, is never sell something you love. Otherwise, you may as well be selling your children.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 13, 08-22-04
What are riches - grandeur - health itself, to the luxury of a pure conscience, the health of the soul; - and what the sufferings of poverty, disappointment, despair - to the anguish of an afflicted one!: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
Looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them. You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908

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