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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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It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it. – Eric Hoffer

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We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about. – Eric Hoffer

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The pre-human creature from which man evolved was unlike any other living thing in its malicious viciousness toward its own kind. Humanization was not a leap forward but a groping toward survival. – Eric Hoffer

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It is easier to exemplify values than teach them. – Theodore Hesburgh

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No rules exist, and examples are simply life-savers answering the appeals of rules making vain attempts to exist. – Andre Breton

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An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching. – Proverb

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Nothing preaches better than the act. – Benjamin Franklin

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