"Rudeness is a weak man's imitation of strength." — Eric Hoffer

"Rudeness is a weak man's imitation of strength."

— Eric Hoffer

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462 Quotes by Eric Hoffer

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In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.
Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
To dispose a soul to action we must upset its equilibrium.
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…

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Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. — Mary Astell
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. — Marcus Aurelius
Imitation is the sincerest form of show business. — Roseanne Barr
The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings. — Theodor Adorno
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. — Aesop
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. — Joyce Brothers
There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there… — Judith Butler
Imitation is the sincerest form of television. — Fred Allen
The false is nothing but an imitation of the true. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. — Jean Cocteau
Comforts that were rare among our forefathers are now multiplied in factories and handed out wholesale; and indeed, nobody nowadays,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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