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I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.

Elbert Hubbard

Money never made a fool of anybody; it only shows them up.
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Disguise Fools Money
Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.
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Children Limitation Parents
Everything comes too late for those who only wait.
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Late Patience Speed Wait
Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.
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Cultivation Happiness One Liner
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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Business Education Fall Himself Man Marriage Woman
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
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Action Decision Strength Yourself
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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Ability Rare Recognition Wisdom
God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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Appearance God Scars Yourself
An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.
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Performance Preach Worth
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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Fast Interrupt Man Move Oneself World
The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
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Happiness Life Yourself
I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.
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Afraid Difficult Hate Jealous Live Myself Obstacle
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
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Inspirational Machine Man Oneself Ordinary Work Worth
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
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Fools Limitation Man Wisdom
All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity.
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Charity Power Production Salary
Failure — The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.
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Advice Failure Himself Man

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