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A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor.
Eric Hoffer
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Eric Hoffer
Age: 84 †
Born: 1898
Born: July 25
Died: 1983
Died: May 21
Philosopher
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New York City
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Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself.
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A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past.
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A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
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Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
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Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident.
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That which corrodes the souls of the persecuted is the monstrous inner agreement with the prevailing prejudice against them.
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Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
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