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• The great man is not so great as folks think, and the dull man is not quite so stupid as he seems. The difference in our estimates of men lies in the fact that one individual is able to get his goods into the show-window, and the other is not aware that he has any show-window or any goods.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Lying, Stupid, Men

  Elbert Hubbard (2009). “Love, Life & Work: Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Natured Concerning How to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with the Least Possible Harm to Others”, p.14, The Floating Press

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• Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Prejudice, Logic, Used

  Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard (1905). “The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest”

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• If you don't advertise yourself you will be advertised by your loving enemies.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Funny, Sarcastic, Sarcasm

  Elbert Hubbard (1929). “Advertising and Advertisements”

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• If you work for a man, in heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply you your bread and butter, work for him speak well of him, think well of him, stand by him and stand by the institution he represents. I think if I worked for a man I would work for him. I would not work for him a part of the time, and the rest of the time work against him. I would give an undivided service or none. If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Loyalty, Men, Thinking

  Sir Arthur Helps, John W. Ferguson, William T. Fenton, Francis Bacon, Elbert Hubbard (1913). “The Transaction of Business”

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• Live truth instead of professing it.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Truth, Character, Hypocrite

  Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard (1908). “The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest”

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• When trouble comes, wise men take to their work; weak men take to the woods.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Wise, Men, Weak Man

  Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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• Wealth is an engine that can be used for power, if you are an engineer; but to be tied to the fly wheel of an engine is rather a misfortune.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Wheels, Wealth, Used

  Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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• Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Attitude, Two, Grouches

  Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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• Natural joy brings no headaches and no heartaches.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Happiness, Heartache, Joy

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• Jealousy seems the absolute reversal of love. It is the swinging from the sunny warmth of the Equator to the frigid cold of the North Pole.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Jealousy, Cold, Sunny

  Elbert Hubbard (1922). “Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard ...”

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• The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Education, Teacher, Teaching

  Elbert Hubbard (1911). “A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard”

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• Success - To rise from the illusion of pursuit to the disillusion of possession.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Illusion, Pursuit, Possession

  Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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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.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Country, War, Pride

  Elbert Hubbard (1922). “Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard ...”

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• There is no failure except the failure of trying.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Trying, Advertising, No Failure

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• Nature: The unseen intelligence which loved us into being, and is disposing of us by the same token

  Elbert Hubbard

  Religion, Desire, Unseen

  Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard (1913). “The Philistine”

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• Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Death, Rivalry, Traders

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• Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Government, Kind

  Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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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.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Beautiful, Art, Block

  Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard (1902). “The Philistine”

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• Study: concentration of the mind on whatever will ultimately put something in your pocket.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Mind, Pockets, Study

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• Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Inferiority, Literature

  "The Roycroft Dictionary, Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days".

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• Woman's inaptitude for reasoning has not prevented her from arriving at truth; nor has man's ability to reason prevented him from floundering in absurdity.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Men, Arriving, Reason

  Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard (1905). “The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest”

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• The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Home, Ignorance, America

  Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard (1904). “The Philistine”

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• Life in abundance comes only through great love.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Elbert Hubbard (1922). “Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard ...”

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• Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Law, Public Opinion, Opinion

  Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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• If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Loyalty, Loyal Customers, Pounds

  Elbert Hubbard (2005). “Loyalty in Business: One and Twenty Other Good Things”, p.84, Cosimo, Inc.

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