"The Greeks invented logic but were not fooled…" — Eric Hoffer

"The Greeks invented logic but were not fooled by it."

— Eric Hoffer

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462 Quotes by Eric Hoffer

Eric Hoffer has 462 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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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A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. — James A. Baldwin
We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election.… — Gael Garcia Bernal
Intelligence is an extremely subtle concept. It's a kind of understanding that flourishes if it's combined with a good memory,… — Isaac Asimov
I began by tinkering around with some old tunes I knew. Then, just to try something different, I set to… — Duke Ellington
This is what I tell young women who ask me for career advice. People are going to try to trick… — Tina Fey
But 40 told me to do me and don't listen to anybody that knew me. Cause to have known me… — Drake
(Talking about his first computer) Like all kids we not only fooled around with our toys, we changed them. If… — Bill Gates
I am not an angry girl, but it seems I've got everyone fooled. Every time I say something they find… — Ani DiFranco
Too many judges are fooled into thinking a smile equals style. — Neshka Robeva
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Our party has been accused of fooling the public by calling tax increases 'revenue enhancement'. Not so. No one was… — Dan Quayle
I fooled around with Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams got pregnant. — Jake Gyllenhaal

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