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The greatest weariness comes from work not done.

Eric Hoffer

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
The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.
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Deep Equality Expose Meaning Ourselves Passion Perspective
One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.
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Freedom Harm Intellectual Privilege Reputation
Rudeness is the weak man’s limitation of strength.
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Limitation Man Rude Strength Weakness
We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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Character Philosophy See Wisdom Yourself
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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Beginning Confidence Hate Heart Life Lost Way
Unlike the pattern which seems to prevail in the rest of life, in the human species the weak not only survive but often triumph over the strong. The self-hatred inherent in the weak unlocks energies far more formidable then those mobilized by an ordinary struggle for existence.
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Energy Existence Hate Human Life Pattern Strong Struggle Survive Weakness Win
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
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Atheist Care God Religious
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Charm Difference Growth Stupidity
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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Corruption Faith Power
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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Feeling Freedom Opinion Willing
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Corruption Deep Power Weakness
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
It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
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Easy Friendship Humanity Love
There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.
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Doubt Humility Life Practice Selfish Worth
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Freedom Imitation People

The greatest weariness comes from work not done.

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