Anyone who idolizes you is going to hate you when he discovers that you are fallible. He never forgives. He has deceived himself, and he blames you for it.
ELBERT HUBBARDWhat others say of me matters little; what I myself say and do matters much.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.
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If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.
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As we grow better, we meet better people.
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An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.
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Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.
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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.
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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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Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
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All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity.
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Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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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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Politicians regard the public as a cow to be milked.
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Fences are made for those who cannot fly.
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The love we give away is the only love we keep.
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No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.
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