Young women with ambitions should be very crafty and cautious, lest mayhap they be caught in the soft, silken mesh of a happy marriage, and go down to oblivion, dead to the world.

Elbert Hubbard
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More Quotes By Elbert Hubbard
  1. A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

  2. Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

  3. The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.

  4. True life lies in laughter, love and work.

  5. 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.

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