Quote by Eric Hoffer

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.

Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and

Summary

This quote suggests that our tendency to create illusions and pretenses is not to conceal our negative traits or flaws, but rather to conceal our internal emptiness or lack of fulfillment. It implies that trying to hide something that is genuinely absent within us is extremely challenging. It points to the idea that we may invest significant effort in constructing false facades and superficial narratives to distract ourselves and others from acknowledging the underlying void we feel. Overall, the quote highlights the struggle we face in concealing the absence of something essential within ourselves.

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Self Love

By Eric Hoffer

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