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What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.

Eric Hoffer

The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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Agreement Beginning Ourselves Thinking
We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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Deep Ourselves Philosophy Run
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
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Creation Desire Inspirational Motivational Opportunities Talent Wisdom
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
Nature is a self-made machine, more perfectly automated than any automated machine. To create something in the image of nature is to create a machine, and it was by learning the inner working of nature that man became a builder of machines.
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Build Creation Image Learning Man Nature Perfection Technology
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
Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
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Choice Goodness Habit Live Possible
Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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Chance Failure Person Repeat Success
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
Language was invented to ask questions.
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Invention Language Talk
For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.
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Achievement Future Greatness Leaving Life People Reason Yourself
What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
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Appearance Face Mindset People Walk
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
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Mindset Myself Prejudice
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Corruption Deep Power Weakness
Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
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Cheating Feeling Himself Missing Right Thinking Trust Wonderful World

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