"Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there."

Hoffer, Eric · Affectation · 7 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/1334/">Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3487/">Hoffer, Eric</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/affectation/">Affectation</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Old age equalizes -- we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers from the beginning of time. When we are young we act as if we were the first young people in the world."

Hoffer, Eric · Age and Aging · 0 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/1545/">Old age equalizes -- we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers from the beginning of time. When we are young we act as if we were the first young people in the world..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3487/">Hoffer, Eric</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/age_and_aging/">Age and Aging</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness."

Hoffer, Eric · Age and Aging · 3 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/1546/">The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3487/">Hoffer, Eric</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/age_and_aging/">Age and Aging</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"To grow old is to grow common. Old age equalizes -- we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers from the beginning of time. When we are young we act as if we were the first young people in the world."

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<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/1547/">To grow old is to grow common. Old age equalizes -- we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers from the beginning of time. When we are young we act as if we were the first young people in the world..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3487/">Hoffer, Eric</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/age_and_aging/">Age and Aging</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop."

Hoffer, Eric · Depression · 3 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/10517/">The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3487/">Hoffer, Eric</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/depression/">Depression</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy -- the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation."

Hoffer, Eric · Disappointments · 0 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/11028/">Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy -- the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3487/">Hoffer, Eric</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/disappointments/">Disappointments</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"The greatest weariness comes from work not done."

Hoffer, Eric · Discontent · 2 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/11104/">The greatest weariness comes from work not done..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3487/">Hoffer, Eric</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/discontent/">Discontent</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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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."

Hoffer, Eric · Dissatisfaction · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/11177/">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..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3487/">Hoffer, Eric</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/dissatisfaction/">Dissatisfaction</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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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."

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<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/11193/">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..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3487/">Hoffer, Eric</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/dissent/">Dissent</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"The beginning of thought is in disagreement -- not only with others but also with ourselves."

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<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/11194/">The beginning of thought is in disagreement -- not only with others but also with ourselves..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3487/">Hoffer, Eric</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/dissent/">Dissent</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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