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Men whose lives are doubtful want a strong government and a hot religion
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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Man is Creation's masterpiece. But who says so?
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The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself and he wants others to be themselves, also.
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The path of civilization is paved with tin cans.
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Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate indecision!
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Martyrs and persecutors are the same type of man. As to which is the persecutor and which the martyr, this is only a question of transient power.
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I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.
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One can play comedy, two are required for melodrama, but a tragedy demands three.
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Every quarrel begins in nothing and ends in a struggle for supremacy.
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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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Art is not a thing it is a way.
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Morality is the thing upon which your friends smile, and immorality is the thing upon which they frown
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It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
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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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Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you
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In God's great vaudeville, Mother is the headliner.
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Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.
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I believe that the best way to prepare for a Future Life is to be kind, live one day at a time, and do the work you can do best, doing it as well as you can.
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All good men are anarchists. All cultured, kindly men all gentlemen all just men are anarchists. Jesus was an anarchist.
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Love is not really blind- the bandage is never so tight but that it can peep.
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Logic is one thing and commonsense another.
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