"A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed." — Eric Hoffer
"A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed."
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462 Quotes by Eric Hoffer
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- Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
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- Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
- A ruling intelligentsia, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed,…
- Help your sister's boat across the water, and yours too will reach the other side. Kindness can become its own…
- To wrong those we hate is to add fuel to our hatred. Conversely, to treat an enemy with magnanimity is…
- In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat.
- Creativity is discontent translated into arts.
- The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unobtainable, envy…
- There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.
- We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the remarkable fact that many…