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Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.
Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer
Born: Jul 25, 1898
Died: May 21, 1983

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Hide, Ugly, Evil, Our, Pretenses, Something, Emptiness, Greatest, Built, Up, The Hardest Thing, Us, Hardest, Hardest Thing, Thing

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