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First Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- The difficult and risky task of meeting and mastering the new . . . is not undertaken by the vanguard of society but by its…
- Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man…
- The birth of the new constitutes a crisis, and its mastery calls for a crude and simple cast of mind -- the mind of a…
- Vaguely at first, then more distinctly, I realized that man is an eternal stranger on this planet.
- To grow old is to grow common. Old age equalizes -- we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers…
- Old age equalizes - we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers from the beginning of time. When we…
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