Quote by Eric Hoffer
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The real antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity. – Eric Hoffer

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Intolerance is the Do Not Touch sign on something that cannot bear touching. We do not mind having our hair ruffled, but we will not tolerate any familiarity with the toupee which covers our baldness. – Eric Hoffer

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When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom — freedom to hate, bully, lie, torture, murder and betray without shame and remorse. – 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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There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What torture it is to hear a frigid speech being pompously declaimed, or second-rate verse spoken with all a bad poets bombast! – Jean De La Bruyere

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Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity. – Charles G. Dawes

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Little things affect little minds. – Benjamin Disraeli

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In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous. – Robert G. Ingersoll

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