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You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is that you make allowances for others - that you cleanse yourself of the sin of self-righteousness.

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
Self
Manage
Make
Acceptance
Things
Sin
Unlovely
Accept
Allowances
Accepting
Cleanse
Others
Allowance
Certain
Atonement
Live
Righteousness

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