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Elbert Hubbard Quotes: This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
         

This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.


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This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
         



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A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.



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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.



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Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.



The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.



The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.



Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.



Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.



The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.



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

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



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One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.





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Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.

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Will there be poppy juice in it?" Phresine shook her head. "Good. My wife and I agreed that only my wine was to be poisoned.



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If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries.



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We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the spirit of God.

We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the spirit of God.




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This page presents the quote "This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.". Author of this quote is Elbert Hubbard. This quote is about illiteracy, books, reading,.