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A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and ...
ELBERT HUBBARD
To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom.
ELBERT HUBBARD
If you suffer, thank God! -- it is a sure sign that you are alive.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Logic is an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.
ELBERT HUBBARD
If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Folks who never do any more than they are paid for, never get paid more than they do.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the l...
ELBERT HUBBARD
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the l...
ELBERT HUBBARD
Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive.
ELBERT HUBBARD
An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
ELBERT HUBBARD
A person may be very secretive and yet have no secrets.
ELBERT HUBBARD
You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him to think.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Life is just one damned thing after another.
ELBERT HUBBARD
He who has achieved success has worked well, laughed often and loved much.
ELBERT HUBBARD
God will not look you over for medal, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
ELBERT HUBBARD
The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.
ELBERT HUBBARD
If you have no enemies you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Your friend is that man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
ELBERT HUBBARD
All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody - benefiting humanity - and the f...
ELBERT HUBBARD
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks thin...
ELBERT HUBBARD
Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously
ELBERT HUBBARD