Quote by Eric Hoffer
The pre-human creature from which man evolved was unlike any other

The pre-human creature from which man evolved was unlike any other living thing in its malicious viciousness toward its own kind. Humanization was not a leap forward but a groping toward survival. – Eric Hoffer

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The chemistry of dissatisfaction is as the chemistry of some marvelously potent tar. In it are the building stones of explosives, stimulants, poisons, opiates, perfumes and stenches. – Eric Hoffer

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Man was natures mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake. – Eric Hoffer

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It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it. – Eric Hoffer

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Evolution has developed man to such a high degree that he builds zoos to keep his ancestors in cages. – Source Unknown

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I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey. – Mark Twain

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Man has lost the basic skill of the ape, the ability to scratch its back. Which gave it extraordinary independence, and the liberty to associate for reasons other than the need for mutual back-scratching. – Jean Baudrillard

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