When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
ERIC HOFFERWhere freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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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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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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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.
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The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.
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A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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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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The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
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