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Men are only as great as they are kind.

Elbert Hubbard

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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
Journalist
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Illinois
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The weaknesses of the many make the leader possible.
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A little more patience, a little more charity for all, a little more devotion, a little more love with less bowing down to the past, and a silent ignoring of pretended authority brave looking forward to the future with more faith in our fellows, and the race will be ripe for a great burst of light and life.
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I believe that the best way to prepare for a Future Life is to be kind, live one day at a time, and do the work you can do best, doing it as well as you can.
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Most reformers wore rubber boots and stood on glass when God sent a current of Commonsense through the Universe.
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It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
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History: a collection of epitaphs.
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Victory a matter of staying power.
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The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.
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If you don't advertise yourself you will be advertised by your loving enemies.
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The great Big Black Things that have loomed against the horizon of my life, threatening to devour me, simply loomed and nothing more. The things that have really made me miss my train have always been sweet, soft, pretty, pleasant things of which I was not in the least afraid.
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A person born with an instinct for poverty.
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Love, we say, is life but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.
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All good men are anarchists. All cultured, kindly men all gentlemen all just men are anarchists. Jesus was an anarchist.
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God is good, there is no devil but fear.
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You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting. You can lead a boy to college but you cannot make him think.
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Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.
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I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love...I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.
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Nothing is permanent but change.
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A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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