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It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
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 greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
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Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors
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It is not to be wondered that men have worshiped the ocean, for in his depths they have seen mirrored the image of Eternity of Infinity. Here they have seen the symbol of God's great plan of oneness with His creatures, for the sea is the union of all infinite particles, and it takes the whole to make the one.
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