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

Eric Hoffer

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
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Easy Friendship Humanity Love
Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.
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Eyes Fade Hide Imperfection Ourselves Reveal Scars
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
It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
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Age Busy Learning Ourselves Teaching Time Young
Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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Guilty Justice Right Voice
Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
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Country Education Nation Present
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
No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.
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Born Evil Government Human Kindness Life Sick Willing
Children are the keys of paradise.
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Children Heaven Key One Liner
Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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Attitude Character Frustration Identity One Liner
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
The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
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Future Learning World
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
A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one’s own life.
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Life Live Obsession Passionate World
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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Imitation One Liner Rude Strength Weakness
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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