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Laughter is higher than all pain.

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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
Journalist
Philosopher
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Writer
Bloomington
Illinois
Elbert Hubbard
Ali Baba
Fra Elbertus
Laughter
Higher
Pain

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Fortitude: That quality of mind which does not care what happens so long as it does not happen to us.
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Why not be a top-notcher? A top-notcher is simply an individual who works for the institution of which he is a part, not against it.
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A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
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Postponement: The father of failure.
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If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost you can still call him vile names.
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The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on.
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If you work for a man, in Heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply your bread and butter, work for him, stand by him, and stand by the institution he represents.
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Real life is in love, laughter, and work.
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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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An imitator is a man who succeeds in being an imitation.
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A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
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Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.
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