American - Writer | July 25, 1898 - May 21, 1983
Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.
Eric Hoffer
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Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.
MenDoingWantThingsWearyMuch
It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.
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The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.
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It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.
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The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop.
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The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.
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Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.
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A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor.
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Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake.
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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent.
TalentYouthItselfPerishable
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