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His Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.
- Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.
- To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
- The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.
- It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding…
- There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.
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- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold