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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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Illinois
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The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.
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Those who create beauty are also they who possess it.
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The great man is not so great as folks think, and the dull man is not quite so stupid as he seems. The difference in our estimates of men lies in the fact that one individual is able to get his goods into the show-window, and the other is not aware that he has any show-window or any goods.
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Real life is in love, laughter, and work.
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Time is an illusion-to orators.
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The brain is a commodity used to fertilize ideas.
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Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.
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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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All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then you low words will be charged with dynamite.
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Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
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A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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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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A man's acts are usually right, but his reasons seldom are.
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If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion.
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Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear.
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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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Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them.
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The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
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Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
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