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The new definition of a heathen is a man who has never played baseball.

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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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Bloomington
Illinois
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Martyrs and persecutors are the same type of man. As to which is the persecutor and which the martyr, this is only a question of transient power.
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Orthodoxy is a corpse that doesn't know it's dead.
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Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.
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Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.
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The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself and he wants others to be themselves, also.
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Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.
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When we really live truth, we will cease to talk about it.
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Art is nothing it's a way.
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In God's great vaudeville, Mother is the headliner.
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The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
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Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.
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Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate indecision!
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When trouble comes, wise men take to their work weak men take to the woods.
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Imitation is the sincerest form of insult.
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All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity.
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Government is a kind of legalized pillage.
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A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
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Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.
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War is the sure result of the existence of armed men. That country which maintains a large standing army will sooner or later have a war. The man who prides himself on fisticuffs is going, some day, to meet a man who considers himself the better man, and they will test the issue.
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