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Every life is its own excuse for being.

Elbert Hubbard

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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
Elbert Hubbard
Ali Baba
Fra Elbertus
Excuse
Existence
Every
Life

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Grammar is the grave of letters.
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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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Morality is the thing upon which your friends smile, and immorality is the thing upon which they frown
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A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
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Victory a matter of staying power.
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The poor and ignorant will continue to lie and steal as long as the rich and educated show them how.
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There have always existed three ways of keeping the people loving and loyal. One is to leave them alone, to trust them and not to interfere. This plan, however, has very seldom been practised, because the politicians regard the public as a cow to be milked, and something must be done to make it stand quiet.
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