Elbert Hubbard's Scrap BookA vast collection of more than seven hundred quotations meant to inspire genius, this scrapbook contains favored sayings of the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century essayist Elbert Hubbard. Here the words of history's and literature's greats from William Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin, Marcus Aurelius, Charlotte Brontï¿1/2, and Dante to Charles Dickens, Thomas Jefferson, Pythagoras, and Oscar Wilde meet. Originally published posthumously as a tribute to Hubbard, this compilation includes the musings of George Washington on jealousy, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley on love, Plato on man, and hundreds of others. The universe's most momentous questions about life and success, as well as love, humanity, nature, and war, unfold in memorable passages. Indexes by author, topic, and poem serve for easy reference. |
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... person in the room , even from those who had never known him or seen him before ? It was not an exquisite form of person , or grandeur of dress , that struck us with admiration . I believe long habits of virtue have a sensible effect on ...
... persons and events ; and the effect of those differ- ent views upon their own minds . In whatever situation men can be ... person they may dis- cover fine features and defects , good and bad qualities . Under these circumstances the two ...
... person or understanding ; on all which occasions he is obliged not to be angry , to avoid the imputation of not being able to take a jest . It is admirable to observe one who is dexterous in this art , singling out a weak adversary ...