Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
ERIC HOFFER
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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Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
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When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.
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You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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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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Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.
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It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.
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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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Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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Anger is a prelude to courage.
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A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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