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The inspirations of today are the shams of tomorrow the purpose has departed.
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 good front is half the battle in love or war.
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People who are able to do their own thinking should not allow others to do it for them.
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Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.
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One great, strong, unselfish soul in every community would actually redeem the world.
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Life is a compromise between fate and free will.
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Those who create beauty are also they who possess it.
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No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.
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Life consists in molting our illusions. We form creeds today only to throw them away tomorrow. The eagle molts a feather because he is growing a better one.
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I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love...I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.
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It is only life and love that give love and life.
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There is a wild, splendid, intoxicating joy that follows work well done.
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