• The wisdom of others remains dull till it is writ over with our own blood. We are essentially apart from the world; it bursts into our consciousness only when it sinks its teeth and nails into us.

  Eric Hoffer
  American writer 1902-1983
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. consciousness
2. others
3. bursts
4. apart
5. world
6. sinks

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The wisdom of others remains dull till it is writ over with our own blood. We are essentially apart from the world; it bursts into our consciousness only when it sinks its teeth and nails into us. by : Eric Hoffer

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