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Elbert Hubbard Quotes about Literature

A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.

A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.

Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

Men are only as great as they are kind.

Elbert Hubbard (1901). “Little journeys to the homes of great musicians”

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.

Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.

Elbert Hubbard, Charles Carroll Albertson (1909). “Joint Debate Hubbard-Albertson: Question: Resolved "That Christianity is Declining."”

The thing we fear we bring to pass.

Elbert Hubbard (2008). “A Message to Garcia: And Other Classic Success Writings”, p.40, Penguin

We are not punished for our sins, but by them.

Elbert Hubbard (1911). “A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard”

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

"The Roycroft Dictionary, Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days".

Pessimist: One who has been intimately acquainted with an Optimist.

"The Roycroft Dictionary, Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days".

Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.

Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”