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.
ELBERT HUBBARDFormal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.
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Lawyers are men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.
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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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All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity.
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God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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If you can’t answer a man’s arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
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An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.
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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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A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
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Responsibility is the price of freedom.
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Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.
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The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
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Growth is often a painful process.
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Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.
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One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.
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