The wisdom of others remains dull till it is writ over with our own bl…

Eric Hoffer
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The wisdom of others remains dull till it is writ over with our own blood. We are essentially apart from the world; it bursts into our consciousness only when it sinks its teeth and nails into us. ✨ Eric Hoffer (1955). The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms
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The wisdom of others remains dull till it is writ over with our own blood. We are essentially apart from the world; it bursts into our consciousness only when it sinks its teeth and nails into us. ✨ Eric Hoffer (1955). The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms

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