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Love, we say, is life but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.

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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I rather like the World. The Flesh is pleasing and the Devil does not trouble me.
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Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They're realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks.
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When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.
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It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
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Most people like hard work, particularly when they're paying for it.
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A man's acts are usually right, but his reasons seldom are.
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I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
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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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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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Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
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Man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.
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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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As a career, the business of an orthodox preacher is about as successful as that of a celluloid dog chasing an asbestos cat through hell.
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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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We find what we expect to find, and we receive what we ask for.
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