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The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#idea #into #mediocrity #original #original idea

It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#acts #brand #distant #hope #opiate

It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#difficult #exaggerate #influence #influenced #those

There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#copulate #meet #minds #wherever

There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#earmarks #fugitive #most #ourselves #passionate

There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#greater #his #house #loneliness #own

What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else? ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#good #good luck #great #greatest #luck

Animals often strike us as passionate machines. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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