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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.

Eric Hoffer

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
Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
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Difference Equality Freedom Passion Reality
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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Boredom Oneself People
Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
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God Identity Perspective Religious
It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.
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Difference Doubt Fight Freedom Oppression Power Pride
One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.
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Adult Difference Growth
It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
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Death Judgement Kind Kindness Motive Ourselves
The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.
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Ideas Leadership Play Quality World
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Freedom Imitation People
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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Imitation One Liner Rude Strength Weakness
Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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Chance Failure Person Repeat Success
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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Empty Hate Life Passionate Purpose
It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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Attraction Evil Power Promise Weakness
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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Alive Feeling Inspirational Possible
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
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Discover Enemy Fear Scare Yourself
Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
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Beautiful Deal Equipment Existence Learning Truth World

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