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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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A good front is half the battle in love or war.
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When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket.
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Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.
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Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.
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The man who has no problems is out of the game.
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A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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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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Man is Creation's masterpiece. But who says so?
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The goal of evolution is self - conquest
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The only way to retain love is to give it away.
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Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.
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Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it
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It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last.
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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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Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
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Why not be a top-notcher? A top-notcher is simply an individual who works for the institution of which he is a part, not against it.
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The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
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The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.
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I believe in the Motherhood of God.
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If you want work well done, select a busy man - the other kind has no time.
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