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Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.

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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
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The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
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The great Big Black Things that have loomed against the horizon of my life, threatening to devour me, simply loomed and nothing more. The things that have really made me miss my train have always been sweet, soft, pretty, pleasant things of which I was not in the least afraid.
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Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors
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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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We never ask God to forgive anybody except when we haven't.
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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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We find what we expect to find, and we receive what we ask for.
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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
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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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Men whose lives are doubtful want a strong government and a hot religion
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Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.
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I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something doing somewhere, for every man ready to do it. I believe I'm ready, RIGHT NOW.
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Dogma is a lie reiterated and authoritatively injected into the mind of one or more persons who believe that they believe what someone else believes.
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Freedom is a condition of mind, and the best way to secure it is to breed it.
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I believe the only way we can reach the Kingdom of Heaven is to have the Kingdom of Heaven in our hearts.
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One thing is sure, there are just two respectable ways to die. One is of old age, and the other is by accident.
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