To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

—Elbert Hubbard

About Elbert Hubbard

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Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a traveling salesman for the Larkin Soap Company. Hubbard is known best as the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora,...

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Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

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Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.

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The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.

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God will not look you over for medals, degrees, or diplomas, but for scars.

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Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.

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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.

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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

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When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

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Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

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Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs.

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