Eric Hoffer Quotes About Wisdom
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We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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The wisdom of others remains dull till it is writ over with our own blood. We are essentially apart from the world; it bursts into our consciousness only when it sinks its teeth and nails into us.
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The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.
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Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others it is a holy cause. There are of course times when hard cash will buy souls, and the remarkable thing is that such times are marked by civility, tolerance, and the smooth working of everyday life.
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Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
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One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.
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