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Man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.

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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.
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We are punished by our sins, not for them.
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Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.
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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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There are three sides to every question-where a divorce is involved.
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Young women with ambitions should be very crafty and cautious, lest mayhap they be caught in the soft, silken mesh of a happy marriage, and go down to oblivion, dead to the world.
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I believe the only way we can reach the Kingdom of Heaven is to have the Kingdom of Heaven in our hearts.
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Every life is its own excuse for being.
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A good front is half the battle in love or war.
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Fortitude: That quality of mind which does not care what happens so long as it does not happen to us.
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When trouble comes, wise men take to their work weak men take to the woods.
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Art is not a thing it is a way.
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Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
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A little more patience, a little more charity for all, a little more devotion, a little more love with less bowing down to the past, and a silent ignoring of pretended authority brave looking forward to the future with more faith in our fellows, and the race will be ripe for a great burst of light and life.
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Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
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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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Laughter is higher than all pain.
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Victory a matter of staying power.
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