Quotes by Elbert Hubbard

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  • A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
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  • Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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  • The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one.
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  • The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
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  • Live truth instead of professing it.
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  • If you suffer, thank God! -- it is a sure sign that you are alive.
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  • Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
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  • Life is just one damned thing after another.
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  • If you can't answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
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  • Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.
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  • In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.
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  • The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
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  • A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other...util death do them join.
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  • A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
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  • Editor: a person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to seperate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
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  • The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband is unworthy of the name of wife.
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  • Death: To stop sinning suddenly.
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  • To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.
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  • I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something doing somewhere, for every man ready to do it. I believe I'm ready, RIGHT NOW.
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  • The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.
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  • Men are punished by their sins, not for them.
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  • Folks who never do any more than they are paid for, never get paid more that they do.
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  • So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill their.s
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  • How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success?
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  • Life in abundance comes only through great love.
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  • The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. That is part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure continously without resentment.
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  • Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.
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  • Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
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  • Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
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  • To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom.
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