Quote by Eric Hoffer
Man was natures mistake she neglected to finish him and she has ne

Man was natures mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake. – Eric Hoffer

Other quotes by Eric Hoffer

It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the way when they are running away; that they see the light when they feel the heat; that they are chosen when they are shunned. – Eric Hoffer

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Weakness
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The necessary has never been mans top priority. The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human uniqueness. Unlike other forms of life, mans greatest exertions are made in the pursuit not of necessities but of superfluities. – 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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Future
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Part of making any endeavour is that each one has its own special problems. Its the nature of the process. – Martin Scorsese

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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. – Francis Bacon

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Human nature is not black and white but black and grey. – Graham Greene

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Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder. – Carl Sandburg

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Dont think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. – Samuel Johnson

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