Quote by Eric Hoffer
Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is

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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The chemistry of dissatisfaction is as the chemistry of some marvelously potent tar. In it are the building stones of explosives, stimulants, poisons, opiates, perfumes and stenches. – Eric Hoffer

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Though dissenters seem to question everything in sight, they are actually bundles of dusty answers and never conceived a new question. What offends us most in the literature of dissent is the lack of hesitation and wonder. – Eric Hoffer

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Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. – Eric Hoffer

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I dont want to tell you how much insurance I carry with the Prudential, but all I can say is: when I go, they go too. – Jack Benny

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It is human to exaggerate the merits of the dead. – Mark Twain

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Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught. – Author Unknown

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I never exaggerate. I just remember big. – Chi Chi Rodriguez

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