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Wealth: A cunning device of Fate whereby men are made captive, and burdened with responsibilites from which only Death can file their fetters.

— Elbert Hubbard The Roycraft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams (1923)

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Never explain — your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyhow.

The Motto Book (1907)

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard (1927)

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

Freedom cannot be bestowed — it must be achieved.

It is only life and love that give love and life.

The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard (1927)

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