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A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness. – Elbert Hubbard

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Man’s greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors. – Elbert Hubbard

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