He said that academia reminded him of a badly run circus. The faculty members were like underfed animals -- weary of their cages, which were never large enough to begin with -- and they responded sluggishly to the whip. The trapeze artists fell with monotonous regularity into poorly strung nets. The clowns looked hungry. The tent leaked. The crowd was inattentive, shouting incoherently at inappropriate moments. And when the show was over, no one cheered.


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The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition a...
ELBERT HUBBARD
Give us a religion that will help us to live -- we can die without assistance.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Those who do unlawful acts are no more sinners in the eyes of God than we who think them.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Men are not punished for their for sins, but by them.
KIN HUBBARD
The man who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
ELBERT HUBBARD
It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.
KIN HUBBARD
Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.
ELBERT HUBBARD
God will not look you over for medals, degrees, or diplomas, but for scars. -Elbert Hubbard.
ELBERT HUBBARD
About the only thing we have left that actually discriminates in favor of the plain people is the st...
KIN HUBBARD
... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.
KIN HUBBARD
The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing.
KIN HUBBARD
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Do not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive.
ELBERT HUBBARD
To stop sinning suddenly.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on.
KIN HUBBARD
When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
KIN HUBBARD
When you're away, I'm restless, lonely Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling de...
KIN HUBBARD