Eric Hoffer

It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.

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These are some quotes by American author Eric Hoffer Writer, who lived between July 25, 1902 and May 21, 1983.

Quotes by Eric Hoffer

A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.

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To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.

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Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

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