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“The stupidity of one brain multiplied by twelve.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“There is no freedom on earth or in any star for those who deny freedom to others.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“The goal of evolution is self - conquest”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Grammar is the grave of letters.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman is as bad as she dares”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Theology, by diverting the attention of men from this life to another, and by endeavoring to coerce all men into one religion, constantly preaching that this world is full of misery, but the next world would be beautiful - or not, as the case may be - has forced on men the thought of fear where otherwise there might have been the happy abandon of nature.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“If you have no enemies you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Success is voltage under control-keeping one hand on the transformer of your Kosmic Kilowatts.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“A form of self-delusion.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Why not be a top-notcher? A top-notcher is simply an individual who works for the institution of which he is a part, not against it.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“We make our money out of our friends. Our enemies will not do business with us.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Fear clogs; Faith liberates.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“It is the weak man who urges compromise - never the strong man.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“There are three sides to every question-where a divorce is involved.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“An American religion: Work, play, breathe, bathe, study, live, laugh, and love.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Failure -- The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Piety is the tinfoil of pretense.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“The newspapers print what the people want, and thus does the savage still swing his club and flourish his spear.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who ''lives well.''”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“God — the John Doe of philosophy and religion.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Most reformers wore rubber boots and stood on glass when God sent a current of Commonsense through the Universe.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“The secret of salvation is this: keep sweet, be useful, and keep busy.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“God is good, there is no devil but fear.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Prison is a Socialist paradise where equality prevails, everything is supplied, and competition is eliminated.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“One can play comedy, two are required for melodrama, but a tragedy demands three.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“A person born with an instinct for poverty.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“No great spiritual event befalls those who do not summon it.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work