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It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

Eric Hoffer

Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
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Death Deep Future Terrorism
The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.
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Angel Hate Human Man Nature Savior
A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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Goodness Greatness Luck Man Right Time
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Mindset Myself Prejudice
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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Attitude Character Food Hands People
Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.
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Build Empty Evil Greatness Hard Hide Ourselves Philosophy Pretend Ugly
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
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
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Deep Faith Lost Wisdom
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Corruption Deep Power Weakness
The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.
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Choice Deep Freedom Philosophy
To change everything, simply change your attitude.
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Attitude Change Simplicity Yourself
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Freedom Imitation People
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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Business Character Man Mindset People Worth
You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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Enough Happiness Need Philosophy Wisdom Yourself
It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.
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Compassionate Justice Man Principle Protection
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

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