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Quotations By Elbert Hubbard


Argument
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

Charity
Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.

Conservative-Liberal
A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.

Criticism
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

Education
A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.

Enemy
An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.

Enemy
If you have no enemies, you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends.

Expectation
If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.

Ignorance
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

Love
The love we give away is the only love we keep.

Progress
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia. -- Elbert Hubbard

Punishment
Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.

Risk
The man who knows it can’t be done counts the risk, not the reward.