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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. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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Call not that man wretched, who whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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A man by himself is in bad company. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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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. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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