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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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1265 |
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AUTHOR:
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Eric Hoffer (1902–83) |
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QUOTATION:
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There is probably an element of malice in the readiness to overestimate people; we are laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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ERIC HOFFER, “Thoughts of Eric Hoffer, Including ‘Absolute Faith Corrupts Absolutely,’” The New York Times Magazine, April 25, 1971, pp. 60, 62. |
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Opinions |
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