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A person may be very secretive and yet have no secrets.

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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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Bloomington
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We find what we expect to find, and we receive what we ask for.
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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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The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on.
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When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.
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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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Life is a compromise between fate and free will.
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The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself and he wants others to be themselves, also.
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Time is an illusion-to orators.
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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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An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.
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