The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.


Elbert Hubbard

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You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him to think.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Life is just one damned thing after another.
ELBERT HUBBARD
He who has achieved success has worked well, laughed often and loved much.
ELBERT HUBBARD
God will not look you over for medal, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
ELBERT HUBBARD
The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.
ELBERT HUBBARD
If you have no enemies you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Your friend is that man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
ELBERT HUBBARD
All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody - benefiting humanity - and the f...
ELBERT HUBBARD
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks thin...
ELBERT HUBBARD
Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously
ELBERT HUBBARD