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Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.

Elbert Hubbard

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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
Journalist
Philosopher
Publisher
Writer
Bloomington
Illinois
Elbert Hubbard
Ali Baba
Fra Elbertus
Meanness
Generosity
Acts
Half
Stinginess
Omitting

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