Quote by Eric Hoffer
It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflecti

It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words. – Eric Hoffer

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A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past. – Eric Hoffer

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Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy – the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation. – Eric Hoffer

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Nothing preaches better than the act. – Benjamin Franklin

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We are too quick to imitate depraved examples. – Juvenal

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He teaches me to be good that does me good. – Thomas Fuller

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