Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use, Volume 1A collection of more than seven hundred quotations from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. |
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Page 19
... leaves his work in a slovenly , slipshod , half - finished condition , can never know . It is this conscientious completeness which turns work into art . The smallest thing , well done , becomes artistic . —William Mathews . E are ...
... leaves his work in a slovenly , slipshod , half - finished condition , can never know . It is this conscientious completeness which turns work into art . The smallest thing , well done , becomes artistic . —William Mathews . E are ...
Page 23
... leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires - ' t is to be forgiven That in our aspirations to be great Our destinies o'erleap their And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery , and create In us such love and ...
... leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires - ' t is to be forgiven That in our aspirations to be great Our destinies o'erleap their And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery , and create In us such love and ...
Page 25
... motives of expediency , is either a coward or a criminal , or both . - Max Müller . Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today . - Franklin . HE faculty to dream was not given to mock us SCRAP BOOK Page 25.
... motives of expediency , is either a coward or a criminal , or both . - Max Müller . Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today . - Franklin . HE faculty to dream was not given to mock us SCRAP BOOK Page 25.
Page 28
... leave overhanging cliffs and tables at the top . Take a stone and throw it over ; you have to wait long before you hear it strike . Nothing more awful have I ever seen than the yawning of that chasm ; and the stillness , solemn as mid ...
... leave overhanging cliffs and tables at the top . Take a stone and throw it over ; you have to wait long before you hear it strike . Nothing more awful have I ever seen than the yawning of that chasm ; and the stillness , solemn as mid ...
Page 29
... distanced , crushed ; he who ceases to grow greater becomes smaller ; he who leaves off , gives up ; the stationary condition is the beginning of the end . - Amiel . who is a woman says of a human body , SCRAP BOOK Page 29.
... distanced , crushed ; he who ceases to grow greater becomes smaller ; he who leaves off , gives up ; the stationary condition is the beginning of the end . - Amiel . who is a woman says of a human body , SCRAP BOOK Page 29.
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