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The education explosion is producing a vast number of people who want to live significant, important lives but lack the ability to satisfy this craving for importance by individual achievement. The country is being swamped with nobodies who want to be somebodies.

Eric Hoffer

It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.
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Compassionate Justice Man Principle Protection
The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.
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Children Man Misery Mom Old Woman Young
What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
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Appearance Face Mindset People Walk
Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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Guilty Justice Right Voice
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Charm Difference Growth Stupidity
Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
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Belief Devil God Rise
Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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Easy Inspirational Motivational Work
Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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Enemy Ideal Kind Man Sacrifice
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
To change everything, simply change your attitude.
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Attitude Change Simplicity Yourself
Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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Blame Fair Play Wrong
The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
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Future Learning World
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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Boredom Oneself People
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
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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Corruption Faith Power
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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Attitude Character Food Hands People

The education explosion is producing a vast number of people who want to live significant, important lives but lack the ability to satisfy this craving for importance by individual achievement. The country is being swamped with nobodies who want to be somebodies.

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The education explosion is producing a vast number of people who want to live significant, important lives but lack the ability to satisfy this craving for importance by individual achievement. The country is being swamped with nobodies who want to be somebodies.

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