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Common Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- The well adjusted make poor prophets. A pleasant existence blinds us to the possibilities of drastic change. We cling to what we call our common…
- We are unified both by hating in common and by being hated in common.
- When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.
- To grow old is to grow common. Old age equalizes -- we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers…
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- Water always seeks the easiest path, the common level of life. — Frederick Lenz
- She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths… — Sri Aurobindo
- I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful;… — Samuel Johnson
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- I think we can provide common-sense approaches to the issue of illegal guns that are ending up on the streets. We can… — Barack Obama