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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Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from. – Eric Hoffer

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails. – Eric Hoffer

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It is better to be looked over than overlooked. – Mae West

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The minds passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell. – Adrienne Rich

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Obscurity brings safety. – Aesop

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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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