A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
ERIC HOFFERAnger is a prelude to courage.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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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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The history of this country was made largely by people who wanted to be left alone. Those who could not thrive when left to themselves never felt at ease in America.
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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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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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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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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
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Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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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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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
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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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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 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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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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