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Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer
Born: Jul 25, 1898
Died: May 21, 1983

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Frustration, Nothing, Our, One Thing, Some, Seem, More, Greater, Than, Lack, Want, Much, Less, Many, Thing, Things, Dissatisfied

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