In a modern society people can live without hope only when kept dazed …

Eric Hoffer
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In a modern society people can live without hope only when kept dazed and out of breath by incessant hustling. ✨ Eric Hoffer (2011). The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, p.15, Harper Collins
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In a modern society people can live without hope only when kept dazed and out of breath by incessant hustling. ✨ Eric Hoffer (2011). The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, p.15, Harper Collins

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