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Eric Hoffer Quote - One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.

One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.

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The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.
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Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
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Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.
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We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
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Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
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What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
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