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“We find it hard to apply the knowledge of ourselves…” quote by Eric Hoffer — Download Open image

“We find it hard to apply the knowledge of ourselves to our judgment of others. The fact that we are never of one kind, that we never love without reservations and never hate with all our being cannot prevent us from seeing others as wholly black or white.”

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