this one quote inspired me to read more elbert hubbard quotes. here are some of my favorites.
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A pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy to be called an idea at all.
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Art is not a thing; it is a way.
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He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
Life is just one damned thing after another.
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There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability.
It is the ability to recognize ability.
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Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction,
yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
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Responsibility is the price of freedom.
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The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy to be called an idea at all.
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Art is not a thing; it is a way.
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He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
Life is just one damned thing after another.
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There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability.
It is the ability to recognize ability.
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Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction,
yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
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Responsibility is the price of freedom.
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The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.
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There is no failure except in no longer trying.
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The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block
as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.
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We work to become, not to acquire.
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There is no failure except in no longer trying.
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The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block
as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.
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We work to become, not to acquire.
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