Elbert Hubbard

"Life is a voyage, and we are all sailing under sealed orders. We plan, plot, scheme and arrange, and some fine day Fate steps in and our dreams are tossed into the yeasty deep. We grin and bear it--anyway we bear it: it is the only thing to do."

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Source: Elbert Hubbard (1902). “Contemplations: Being Several Short Essays Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Orphic Sayings”

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Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard

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Elbert Hubbard was an American writer and philosopher known for his influential essays and the founding of the Roycroft artisan community.

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