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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.

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
There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.
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Doubt Humility Life Practice Selfish Worth
Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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Easy Inspirational Motivational Work
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
We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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Deep Ourselves Philosophy Run
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
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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Imitation One Liner Rude Strength Weakness
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Ability Creativity Introduction Nature
A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one’s own life.
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Life Live Obsession Passionate World
We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
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Cure Privacy Sick Trouble
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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Attitude Character Food Hands People
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
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Discover Enemy Fear Scare Yourself
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
A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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Goodness Greatness Luck Man Right Time
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
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Corruption Deep Power Weakness

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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