Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
ERIC HOFFERThe search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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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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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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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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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
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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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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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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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I can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into the hands of a maniac.
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Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
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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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When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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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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What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
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