"Retribution often means that we eventually do to……" — Eric Hoffer
"Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others."
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Eric Hoffer
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462 Quotes by Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer has 462 quotes on this site.
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In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.
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Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
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To dispose a soul to action we must upset its equilibrium.
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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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A ruling intelligentsia, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed,…
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Help your sister's boat across the water, and yours too will reach the other side. Kindness can become its own…
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To wrong those we hate is to add fuel to our hatred. Conversely, to treat an enemy with magnanimity is…
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In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat.
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Creativity is discontent translated into arts.
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The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unobtainable, envy…
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There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.
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We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the remarkable fact that many…
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This is the great secret. This is the sacred wisdom. Do unto others as you would have it done unto…
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Lord, enable us to search our hearts and humble ourselves before Thee. Oh, for a closer walk with God, more…
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The Golden Rule of Parenting is; do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!
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Do unto others what you want done unto you.
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If the lost word is lost, if the spent word is spent If the unheard, unspoken Word is unspoken, unheard;…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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These soldiers had done what they had done, and been done unto in return. This was how it went. In…
— Laini Taylor
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