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The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.

Elbert Hubbard

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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.
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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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You had better be a round peg in a square hole than a square peg in a square hole. The latter is in for life, while the first is only an indeterminate sentence.
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Man creates both his god and his devil in his own image. His god is himself at his best, and his devil himself at his worst.
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Men are only as great as they are kind.
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Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.
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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 recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
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Imitation is the sincerest form of insult.
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There have always existed three ways of keeping the people loving and loyal. One is to leave them alone, to trust them and not to interfere. This plan, however, has very seldom been practised, because the politicians regard the public as a cow to be milked, and something must be done to make it stand quiet.
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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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Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place.
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Government is a kind of legalized pillage.
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Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.
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Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hope that the cow will back up to them.
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To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.
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Be patient with the boys - you are dealing with soul-stuff.
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A good front is half the battle in love or war.
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Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.
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