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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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The only way to retain love is to give it away.
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The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
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The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
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Do not go out of your way to do good whenever it comes your way. Men who make a business of doing good to others are apt to hate others in the same occupation. Simply be filled with the thought of good, and it will radiate you do not have to bother about it, any more than you need trouble about your digestion.
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Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.
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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.
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It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.
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He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
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Prosperity: that condition which attracts the lively interest of lawyers, and warrants your being sued for damages, or indicted, or both.
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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.
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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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Perfume: any smell that is used to drown a worse one.
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I believe in the Motherhood of God.
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Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.
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One thing is sure, there are just two respectable ways to die. One is of old age, and the other is by accident.
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Those who create beauty are also they who possess it.
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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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Laughter is higher than all pain.
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Men are only as great as they are kind.
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