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We find it hard to apply the knowledge of ourselves to our judgment of others. The fact that we are never of one kind, that we never love without reservations and never hate with all our being cannot prevent us from seeing others as wholly black or white.

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
Cannot
Seeing
Find
Knowledge
Without
Fact
Hard
White
Reservations
Kind
Hate
Wholly
Never
Black
Apply
Love
Facts
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Others
Judgment

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