The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
ELBERT HUBBARDOf all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.
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We are punished by our sins, not for them.
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The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
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Money never made a fool of anybody; it only shows them up.
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Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.
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Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.
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Growth is often a painful process.
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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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In order to have friends, you must first be one.
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If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion.
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Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.
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The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
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Academic education is the act of memorizing things read in books, and things told by college professors who got their education mostly by memorizing things read in books.
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Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear.
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The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.
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