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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It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men. – Eric Hoffer

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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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Obscurity is the realm of error. – Marquis De Vauvenargues

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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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The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistorical acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. – George Eliot

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

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