Eric Hoffer Quotes
Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.
Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, Philosopher & Longshoreman, Quoted in New York Times, April 25, 1971
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See Robert Southey for the later version 400 years later which is more familiar to us.
While the idea is not new with Cianci, the particularly colorful expression has yet to be rivaled.
Eric Hoffer was an American moral and social philosopher. He was the author of ten books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983. His first book, The True Believer (1951), was widely recognized as a classic, receiving critical acclaim from both scholars and laymen, although Hoffer believed that The Ordeal of Change was his finest work.
