Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
ERIC HOFFERIt is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
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Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
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It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
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People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
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