Elbert Hubbard Quotes

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Elbert Hubbard

Profession : Writer

Birth : June 19, 1856

A pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.

Elbert Hubbard

The thing we fear we bring to pass.

Elbert Hubbard

It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.

Elbert Hubbard

Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.

Elbert Hubbard

A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.

Elbert Hubbard

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

Elbert Hubbard

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

Elbert Hubbard