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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 savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets. – Eric Hoffer

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We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. – Eric Hoffer

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Were still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. Thats the old metaphor: Youre born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude. – Jane Fonda

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The greatest writers of this age… are aware of the mystery of our existence. – J. B. Priestley

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If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles – youre lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers youre brother and sister. Thats what intimacy is, if youre with your soulmate. – Cate Blanchett

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Heres my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until theyre fair with you. – Alan Alda

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Love thy neighbor, and if it requires that you bend your understanding of the truth, the Truth will understand. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Dont think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. – Samuel Johnson

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Good writing is like a windowpane. – George Orwell

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