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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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Man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.
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Men are only as great as they are kind.
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War is the sure result of the existence of armed men. That country which maintains a large standing army will sooner or later have a war. The man who prides himself on fisticuffs is going, some day, to meet a man who considers himself the better man, and they will test the issue.
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When we really live truth, we will cease to talk about it.
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Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.
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An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.
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Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.
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Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.
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Impossible things are simply those which so far have never been done.
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A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other... until death do them join.
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When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket.
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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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A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.
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A person may be very secretive and yet have no secrets.
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Love, we say, is life but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.
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A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.
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Imitation is the sincerest form of insult.
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One great, strong, unselfish soul in every community would actually redeem the world.
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