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Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth. The intellectual kings of the earth have seldom been college-bred.

— Elbert Hubbard Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters‎ (1899)

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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.

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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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