It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words. (Eric Hoffer)

It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.

Eric Hoffer

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