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We often hear of the beauties of old age, but the only old age that is beautiful is the one the man has been long preparing for by living a beautiful life. Every one of us is right now preparing for old age.… There may be a substitute somewhere in the world for Good Nature, but I do not know where it can be found. The secret of salvation is this: keep sweet, be useful, and keep busy.

—Elbert Hubbard

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Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn.

—John Updike

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Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

—Henry David Thoreau

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It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

—Oscar Wilde

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Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

—Gertrude Stein

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