One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
ELBERT HUBBARDFolks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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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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Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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Most people like hard work, particularly when they’re paying for it.
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In order to have friends, you must first be one.
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Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.
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It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
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Failure — The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.
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The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.
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I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it, from time to time, as new light may come to me.
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All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity.
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Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.
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We make our money out of our friends. Our enemies will not do business with us.
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Responsibility is the price of freedom.
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I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.
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Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
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