ELBERT HUBBARD'S SCRAP BOOK: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own UseNo man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his body, to risk his well-being, to risk his life, in a great cause.-Theodore Roosevelt Filled with some of the best words of wisdom ever written, this little volume is sure to uplift any reader. Elbert Hubbard spent much of his life carefully collecting significant quotes from throughout history. He loved searching for and finding new material to add to his scrapbook for personal inspiration. After his death, this richly developed scrapbook was published and can now be relished by readers everywhere.Here one can read pulse-quickening quotes from people like Abraham Lincoln, Rudyard Kipling, Dante, Leo Tolstoy, and many, many more. People from every profession and nationality have been quoted at their best, and these quotes have been carefully compiled for the reader's inspiration and personal growth. This unique book will furnish readers with a little genius for each day, and will inevitably make them better for it. |
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... truth . But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books , exempted from the wrong of time , and capable of perpetual renovation Neither are they fitly to be called images , because they generate still , and cast their seeds ...
... truth . But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books , exempted from the wrong of time , and capable of perpetual renovation Neither are they fitly to be called images , because they generate still , and cast their seeds ...
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... truth is that co - operation is good and competition bad , and that society flourishes by the mutual aid of human beings . I say that is obvious , and so it is . And it is so well known that in all great military or commercial ...
... truth is that co - operation is good and competition bad , and that society flourishes by the mutual aid of human beings . I say that is obvious , and so it is . And it is so well known that in all great military or commercial ...
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... truths are persistent . Each form of right is a growing form . All high ideals will be realized . This one perceives ... Truth , and as uncompromising as Justice . On this subject I do not wish to think , or speak , or write , with ...
... truths are persistent . Each form of right is a growing form . All high ideals will be realized . This one perceives ... Truth , and as uncompromising as Justice . On this subject I do not wish to think , or speak , or write , with ...
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... truth is safe and nothing else is safe ; and he who keeps back the truth , or withholds it from men , from motives of expediency , is either a coward or a criminal , or both . - Max Müller . Never leave that till tomorrow which you can ...
... truth is safe and nothing else is safe ; and he who keeps back the truth , or withholds it from men , from motives of expediency , is either a coward or a criminal , or both . - Max Müller . Never leave that till tomorrow which you can ...
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