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A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
Elbert Hubbard
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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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Bloomington
Illinois
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The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
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The artist needs no religion beyond his work.
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In order to have friends, you must first be one.
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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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The weaknesses of the many make the leader possible.
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Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
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The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.
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No great spiritual event befalls those who do not summon it.
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Orthodoxy is a corpse that doesn't know it's dead.
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Opportunities for education should be within the reach of every individual, not for the lucky few.
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Perfume: any smell that is used to drown a worse one.
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Money never made a fool of anybody it only shows them up.
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Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them.
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