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There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day we have to prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life.

Eric Hoffer

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Eric Hoffer
Age: 84 †
Born: 1898
Born: July 25
Died: 1983
Died: May 21
Philosopher
Psychologist
Writer
New York City
New York
Anything
Prove
Valid
Find
Worth
Achieving
Many
Achieve
Settle
Good
Speak
Settling
Life
Stills
Attractive
Doe
Fixed
Alibi
Still
Yesterday
Anew
Today
Achievement
Permanently

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