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This quote is often misattributed to Hubbard. He helped popularize the quote, but never wrote it himself. The earliest instance that Quote Investigator could locate was in an article from The Boston Cooking-School Magazine titled "Out-of-Doors for the Home-Maker", which was published by cycling activist Mary Sargent Hopkins in 1899. Hopkins disclaimed credit for the following remark: "There is an old saying that one never needs a vacation so much as the day after returning from one." Therefore, the originator of the quote is unknown. In 1904, Hubbard printed an editorial piece in his journal, The Philistine, to help popularize the quote, which was already in circulation. Source of misattribution: No One Needs a Vacation So Much as the Person Who Has Just Had One - Elbert Hubbard? Mary Sargent Hopkins? Anonymous? by Quote Investigator on August 6, 2025