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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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Bloomington
Illinois
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Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.
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The great man is not so great as folks think, and the dull man is not quite so stupid as he seems. The difference in our estimates of men lies in the fact that one individual is able to get his goods into the show-window, and the other is not aware that he has any show-window or any goods.
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Life without absorbing occupation is hell joy consists in forgetting life.
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Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors
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Martyrs and persecutors are the same type of man. As to which is the persecutor and which the martyr, this is only a question of transient power.
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The new definition of a heathen is a man who has never played baseball.
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A good front is half the battle in love or war.
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The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.
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Blessed is the man who has found someone to do his work.
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There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
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Habit: The great economizer of energy.
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Love is not really blind- the bandage is never so tight but that it can peep.
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I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it, from time to time, as new light may come to me.
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Why not be a top-notcher? A top-notcher is simply an individual who works for the institution of which he is a part, not against it.
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