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Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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

— 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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I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars. ↗

— Abbie Hoffman

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I ate a pound cake today, but I gained two. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

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Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

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