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Excellence Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- We clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot hope to obtain excellence.
- The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it.
- The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready is he to claim all excellence for his nation,…
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