American - Writer | July 25, 1898 - May 21, 1983
When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.
Eric Hoffer
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Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous.
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We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.
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What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?
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It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.
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It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.
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