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Quote by Eric Hoffer
We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume t

We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious. – Eric Hoffer

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Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity. – Eric Hoffer

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