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A person born with an instinct for poverty.
Elbert Hubbard
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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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I have no perfect panacea for human ills. And even if I had I would not attempt to present a system of philosophy between the soup and fish.
Elbert Hubbard
War is the sure result of the existence of armed men. That country which maintains a large standing army will sooner or later have a war. The man who prides himself on fisticuffs is going, some day, to meet a man who considers himself the better man, and they will test the issue.
Elbert Hubbard
Live truth instead of professing it.
Elbert Hubbard
Wealth: A cunning device of Fate whereby men are made captive, and burdened with responsibilites from which only Death can file their fetters.
Elbert Hubbard
All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity.
Elbert Hubbard
Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place.
Elbert Hubbard
I believe in the Motherhood of God.
Elbert Hubbard
One thing is sure, there are just two respectable ways to die. One is of old age, and the other is by accident.
Elbert Hubbard
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.
Elbert Hubbard
No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.
Elbert Hubbard
God is good, there is no devil but fear.
Elbert Hubbard
The poor and ignorant will continue to lie and steal as long as the rich and educated show them how.
Elbert Hubbard
A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.
Elbert Hubbard
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Elbert Hubbard
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.
Elbert Hubbard
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard
Postponement: The father of failure.
Elbert Hubbard
One can play comedy, two are required for melodrama, but a tragedy demands three.
Elbert Hubbard
When we really live truth, we will cease to talk about it.
Elbert Hubbard
The new definition of a heathen is a man who has never played baseball.
Elbert Hubbard
