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Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.

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
Dissipation
Despair
Sacrifice
Literature
Form
Self

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