The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.
ELBERT HUBBARDThe recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
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I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love…I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.
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Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.
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Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear.
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You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.
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People who are able to do their own thinking should not allow others to do it for them.
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The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
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All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody – benefiting humanity – and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this.
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It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.
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Men are only as great as they are kind.
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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
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The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.
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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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A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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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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Most people like hard work, particularly when they’re paying for it.
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