Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the qual…

Eric Hoffer
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Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives. ✨ Eric Hoffer (1982). Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer, HarperCollins Publishers
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Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives. ✨ Eric Hoffer (1982). Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer, HarperCollins Publishers

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