Elbert Hubbard Quotes

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Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.

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If men could only know each other, they would never either idolize or hate.

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An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.

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An idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.

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The Businessman is one who supplies something great and good to the world, and collects from the world for the goods.

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Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously—the sweet, subtle satisfaction without the risk.

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Freedom is a condition of mind, and the best way to secure it is to breed it.

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A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.

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Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.

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Lawyer: The only man in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

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"Should we have an Eleventh Commandment?" asked a youth of the Greatest Living Actress. "Most assuredly, no - we have ten too many now!" answered the divine Sara.

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And the worst part about making a soldier of a man is not that a soldier kills brown men or white men, but that the soldier loses his own soul.

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The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

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To know when to be generous and when firm—this is wisdom.

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Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you by those who have a personal interest in keeping you in ignorance.

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Insomnia never comes to a man who has to get up exactly at six o'clock. Insomnia troubles only those who can sleep any time.

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I have noticed that youngsters given to the climbing habit usually do something when they grow up

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The man who is so run down that he needs a vacation can never adjust or reform himself in two weeks. What he really needs is to re-transform his life.

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Organized religion, being founded on superstition, is, perforce, not scientific. And all that which is not scientific - that is, truthful - must be bolstered up by force, fear and falsehood. Thus we always find slavery and organized religion going hand in hand.

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It is not deeds or acts that last: it is the written record of those deeds and acts.

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The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.

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A book on cheap paper does not convince. It is not prized, it is like a wheezy doctor with pigtail tobacco breath, who needs a manicure.

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Every quarrel begins in nothing and ends in a struggle for supremacy.

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Public opinion is the judgment of the incapable many opposed to that of the discerning few.

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Good health! Whenever you go out of doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of your head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp. Do not fear being misunderstood and never waste a minute thinking about your enemies.

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The average man believes a thing first, and then searches for proof to bolster his opinion

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One thing is sure, there are just two respectable ways to die. One is of old age, and the other is by accident.

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Jealousy seems the absolute reversal of love. It is the swinging from the sunny warmth of the Equator to the frigid cold of the North Pole.

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What we call God's justice is only man's idea of what he would do if he were God.

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No good sensible working bee listens to the advice of a bedbug on the subject of business.

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