Quote by Eric Hoffer
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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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Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something. – Eric Hoffer

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Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise. – Eric Hoffer

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

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Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living. – Mark Twain

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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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