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Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Elbert Hubbard
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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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Life is a paradox. Every truth has its counterpart which contradicts it and every philosopher supplies the logic his own undoing.
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A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who ''lives well.''
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Do not go out of your way to do good whenever it comes your way. Men who make a business of doing good to others are apt to hate others in the same occupation. Simply be filled with the thought of good, and it will radiate you do not have to bother about it, any more than you need trouble about your digestion.
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I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.
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