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A person born with an instinct for poverty.

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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
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Most reformers wore rubber boots and stood on glass when God sent a current of Commonsense through the Universe.
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Would you make men better - set them an example. The millenium will never come until governments cease from governing, and the meddler is at rest.
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A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
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To make mistakes is human, but to profit from them is divine.
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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
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Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.
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No man ever did or can do a great work alone.
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Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.
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Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.
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Be patient with the boys - you are dealing with soul-stuff.
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Every life is its own excuse for being.
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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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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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Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
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Give us a religion that will help us to live - we can die without assistance.
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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 is only life and love that give love and life.
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The man who has no problems is out of the game.
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Life consists in molting our illusions. We form creeds today only to throw them away tomorrow. The eagle molts a feather because he is growing a better one.
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