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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.
Elbert Hubbard
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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.
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It is not book learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebra which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies, do a thing.
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Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.
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The love we give away is the only love we keep.
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Men are only as great as they are kind.
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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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God is good, there is no devil but fear.
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Wealth: A cunning device of Fate whereby men are made captive, and burdened with responsibilites from which only Death can file their fetters.
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Of all blessings, no gift equals the gentle, trusting love and companionship of a good woman.
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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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A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other... until death do them join.
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A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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If we cannot be powerful and happy and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves.
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Do not go out of your way to do good whenever it comes your way. Men who make a business of doing good to others are apt to hate others in the same occupation. Simply be filled with the thought of good, and it will radiate you do not have to bother about it, any more than you need trouble about your digestion.
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