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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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The real antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity. – 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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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak. – Eric Hoffer

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