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Substitute Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- Often, the thing we pursue most passionately is but a substitute for the one thing we really want and cannot have.
- In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is usually embraced with vehemence and…
- Passionate intensity may serve as a substitute for confidence.
- Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
- Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.
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- There is no substitute for books in the life of a child. — Mary Ellen Chase
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- Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband. — Elsa Maxwell