"The reason most people are bad is because they do not try to be good." L. Frank Baum, The Emerald City of Oz, 1910 - L. Frank Baum

"The reason most people are bad is because they do not try to be good." L. Frank Baum, The Emerald City of Oz, 1910

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About L. Frank Baum

Lyman Frank Baum (15 May 1856 – 6 May 1919) was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator William Wallace Denslow, of one of the most popular books in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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Birth Name: Lyman Frank Baum
Alternative Names: Captain Hugh Fitzgerald • Suzanne Metcalf • Schuyler Staunton • Edith Van Dyne • George Brooks • Louis F. Baum • Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald • Pete • Dugout • Floyd Akers • Laura Bancroft • John Estes Cooke
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"I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart."
"That must be a matter of opinion," said the Tin Woodman. "For my part, I will bear all the unhappiness without a murmur, if you will give me the heart."
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