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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1265 |
| AUTHOR: | Eric Hoffer (1902–83) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | ERIC HOFFER, “Thoughts of Eric Hoffer, Including ‘Absolute Faith Corrupts Absolutely,’” The New York Times Magazine, April 25, 1971, pp. 60, 62. |
| SUBJECTS: | Opinions |
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