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It is not deeds or acts that last: it is the written record of those deeds and acts.

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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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If you have no enemies you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends.
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To supply a thought is mental massage but to evolve a thought of your own is an achievement. Thinking is a brain exercise and no faculty grows save as it is exercised.
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A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
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Life is a compromise between fate and free will.
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The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.
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We are punished by our sins, not for them.
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Impossible things are simply those which so far have never been done.
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An American religion: Work, play, breathe, bathe, study, live, laugh, and love.
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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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I believe in the Motherhood of God.
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Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.
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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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One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.
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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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Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.
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I believe the Universe is planned for good.
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It is only life and love that give love and life.
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Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.
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