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Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) by Linux fortune

Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
                -- Kin Hubbard, "Abe Martin's Sayings"
The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.
                -- Kin Hubbard
Die, v.:
        To stop sinning suddenly.
                -- Elbert Hubbard
Hubbard's Law:
        Don't take life too seriously; you won't get out of it alive.
It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth
have both failed.
                -- Kim Hubbard
The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.
                -- Elbert Hubbard
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be
done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
                -- E. Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard lived in a shoe,
She had so many children,
She didn't know what to do.
So she moved to Atlanta.
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard
To fetch her poor daughter a dress.
When she got there, the cupboard was bare
And so was her daughter, I guess...
A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
                -- Elbert Hubbard
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
                -- Elbert Hubbard
Never explain.  Your friends do not need it and your enemies will never
believe you anyway.
                -- Elbert Hubbard
Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.
                -- Kin Hubbard
You won't skid if you stay in a rut.
                -- Frank Hubbard
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
                -- F.M. Hubbard
Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.
                -- Frank Hubbard
Nothing will dispel enthusiasm like a small admission fee.
                -- Kim Hubbard
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
                -- Elbert Hubbard
When a fellow says, "It ain't the money but the principle of the thing,"
it's the money.
                -- Kim Hubbard
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