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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.

Eric Hoffer

Never have the young taken themselves so seriously, and the calamity is that they are listened to and deferred to by so many adults.
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Adult Listening Serious Young
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Mindset Myself Prejudice
Children are the keys of paradise.
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Children Heaven Key One Liner
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
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Freedom Imitation People
To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
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Brand Faith Listening Need Person Professional Religion Tolerance
One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.
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Adult Difference Growth
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
A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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Goodness Greatness Luck Man Right Time
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
It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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Attraction Evil Power Promise Weakness
The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating table, they operate on it with an ax.
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Doctor Humanity Room Sick Soul World
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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Empty Hate Life Passionate Purpose
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Ability Creativity Introduction Nature
Language was invented to ask questions.
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Invention Language Talk
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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Boredom Oneself People

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