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To remain on earth you must be useful, otherwise Nature regards you as old metal, and is only watching for a chance to melt you over.

— Elbert Hubbard The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard (1927)

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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.

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