A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
ELBERT HUBBARDMeanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.
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A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.
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Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you by those who have a personal interest in keeping you in ignorance.
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What others say of me matters little; what I myself say and do matters much.
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If it was woman who put man out of Paradise, it is still woman, and woman only, who can lead him back.
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Most people like hard work, particularly when they’re paying for it.
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The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.
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Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.
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Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear.
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A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
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Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.
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Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
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Men are only as great as they are kind.
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As we grow better, we meet better people.
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The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.
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The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
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God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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Impossible things are simply those which so far have never been done.
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The worst thing about medicine is that one kind makes another necessary
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Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
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Lawyers are men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.
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The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.
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Growth is often a painful process.
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Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.
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Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.
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Politicians regard the public as a cow to be milked.
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