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We see through others only when we see through ourselves.

Eric Hoffer

Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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Enemy Ideal Kind Man Sacrifice
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Ability Creativity Introduction Nature
Anger is a prelude to courage.
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Angry Courage One Liner
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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Blessing Count Hard Mathematics Ourselves
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
The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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Greatness Work
Take man’s most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants to be, then proceeds to imitate that image, vie with it, and strive to overcome it.
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Atheist God Image Imitation Invention Man
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Charm Difference Growth Stupidity
Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
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Death Deep Future Terrorism
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Freedom Imitation People
One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.
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Freedom Harm Intellectual Privilege Reputation
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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Deep Happiness Search Wisdom
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
The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.
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Age Children Difference Education Human Learning People Togetherness True Willing
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Corruption Deep Power Weakness
Rudeness is the weak man’s limitation of strength.
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Limitation Man Rude Strength Weakness

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