Elbert Hubbard—Pig-Pen Pete. Why I Ride Horseback.
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Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before.
— Elbert Hubbard on Help
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before." in the context of "Elbert Hubbard—Pig-Pen Pete. Why I Ride Horseback." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Help" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 364-65.)
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About Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Green Hubbard (19 June 1856 – 7 May 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, businessman, anarchist and libertarian socialist philosopher. He was an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement, founding the Roycroft enterprises. He and his wife Alice Moore Hubbard died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
About Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Green Hubbard (19 June 1856 – 7 May 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, businessman, anarchist and libertarian socialist philosopher. He was an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement, founding the Roycroft enterprises. He and his wife Alice Moore Hubbard died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
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