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Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.

Eric Hoffer

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
An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
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Difficult Empty Force Wisdom
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
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
A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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Goodness Greatness Luck Man Right Time
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Freedom Imitation People
The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor’s shortcomings as he is of his own.
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Ability Capacity Ourselves Respect Tolerance
It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
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Easy Friendship Humanity Love
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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Corruption Faith Power
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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Boredom Oneself People
Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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Attitude Character Frustration Identity One Liner
The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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Greatness Work
Anger is a prelude to courage.
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Angry Courage One Liner
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Mindset Myself Prejudice
The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.
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Children Man Misery Mom Old Woman Young
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

Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.

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