There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.
Eric HofferAbout author
- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: July 25, 1902
- Died: May 21, 1983
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