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It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.

Eric Hoffer

Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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Enemy Ideal Kind Man Sacrifice
Language was invented to ask questions.
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Invention Language Talk
Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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Blame Fair Play Wrong
Anger is a prelude to courage.
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Angry Courage One Liner
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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Attitude Character Food Hands People
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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Betrayal Help People
We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
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Cure Privacy Sick Trouble
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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Corruption Faith Power
I have a premonition that will not leave me: as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish, the holocaust will be upon us.
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Destruction Leaving Nation Terrorism
A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.
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Business Character Man Mindset People Worth
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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Empty Hate Life Passionate Purpose
Far more critical than what we know or what we don’t know is what we don’t want to know.
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Philosophy Yourself
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Charm Difference Growth Stupidity
Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.
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Eyes Fade Hide Imperfection Ourselves Reveal Scars
The education explosion is producing a vast number of people who want to live significant, important lives but lack the ability to satisfy this craving for importance by individual achievement. The country is being swamped with nobodies who want to be somebodies.
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Ability Achievement Country Education Important Live People Production Satisfaction
Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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Attitude Character Frustration Identity One Liner

It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.

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