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Quote by Eric Hoffer
More significant than the fact that poets write abstrusely, painte

More significant than the fact that poets write abstrusely, painters paint abstractly, and composers compose unintelligible music is that people should admire what they cannot understand; indeed, admire that which has no meaning or principle. – Eric Hoffer

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We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true they ruin our dreams. – Eric Hoffer

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When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. – Eric Hoffer

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The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who can perform great feats before friendly crowds. – George Allen

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Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval. – Marshall McLuhan

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Obscurity brings safety. – Aesop

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