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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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Bloomington
Illinois
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Those who do unlawful acts are no more sinners in the eyes of God than we who think them.
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Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They're realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks.
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Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
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Life is a compromise between fate and free will.
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Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place.
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All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then you low words will be charged with dynamite.
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Pessimist: One who has been intimately acquainted with an Optimist.
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The new definition of a heathen is a man who has never played baseball.
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Prosperity: that condition which attracts the lively interest of lawyers, and warrants your being sued for damages, or indicted, or both.
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Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
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