Elbert Hubbard quotes

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. (Elbert Hubbard)
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. View quote
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Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. View quote
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Every man is a fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit. View quote
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Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you. View quote
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One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. View quote
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To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. View quote
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He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. View quote
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No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one. View quote
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This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum. View quote
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The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher. (Elbert Hubbard)
Life is just one damned thing after another. View quote
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The love we give away is the only love we keep. View quote
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Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace. View quote
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Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed. View quote
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If men could only know each other, they would never either idolize or hate. View quote
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A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience. View quote
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The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge. View quote
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Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. View quote
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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. View quote
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A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run. (Elbert Hubbard)
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods. View quote
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How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success. View quote
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Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. View quote
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I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate. View quote
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