Eric Hoffer Quotes on Self deception
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The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.
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When cowardice becomes a fashion its adherents are without number, and it masquerades as forbearance, reasonableness and whatnot.
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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.
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Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.