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It is not deeds or acts that last: it is the written record of those deeds and acts.
Elbert Hubbard
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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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A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
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If we cannot be powerful and happy and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves.
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It is not book learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebra which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies, do a thing.
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