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Quote by Eric Hoffer
It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us

It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn. – Eric Hoffer

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Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be a matter of chance, of idle tinkering, or even of the chronic dissatisfaction of the untalented. – Eric Hoffer

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Capitalism is at its liberating best in a noncapitalist environment. The crypto-businessman is the true revolutionary in a Communist country. – Eric Hoffer

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