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Undertakings Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- It is to escape the responsibility for failure that the weak so eagerly throw themselves into grandiose undertakings.
- It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.
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- It is to escape the responsibility for failure that the weak so eagerly throw themselves into grandiose undertakings. — Eric Hoffer
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