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A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
Elbert Hubbard
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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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War is the sure result of the existence of armed men. That country which maintains a large standing army will sooner or later have a war. The man who prides himself on fisticuffs is going, some day, to meet a man who considers himself the better man, and they will test the issue.
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The poor and ignorant will continue to lie and steal as long as the rich and educated show them how.
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To supply a thought is mental massage but to evolve a thought of your own is an achievement. Thinking is a brain exercise and no faculty grows save as it is exercised.
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Real life is in love, laughter, and work.
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A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
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Perfume: any smell that is used to drown a worse one.
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I rather like the World. The Flesh is pleasing and the Devil does not trouble me.
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Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
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One thing is sure, there are just two respectable ways to die. One is of old age, and the other is by accident.
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A man's acts are usually right, but his reasons seldom are.
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A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.
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