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He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
Elbert Hubbard
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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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Bloomington
Illinois
Elbert Hubbard
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Man creates both his god and his devil in his own image. His god is himself at his best, and his devil himself at his worst.
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Life is a paradox. Every truth has its counterpart which contradicts it and every philosopher supplies the logic his own undoing.
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The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.
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Victory a matter of staying power.
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Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.
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