Parent Quotes by Sydney J. Harris

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Sydney J. Harris offers nine brief reflections on parenthood, each distilled to a clear, thought‑provoking line. The collection provides a swift, reflective look at his perspective on raising children.

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Nobody can misunderstand a child as much as his own parents.

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The best thing you can give children, next to good habits, are good memories.

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And most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a…

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“A child owes respect to a parent, but there is no natural obligation to like a parent - unless the parent makes…

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The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath…

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Parents - and teachers too - are woefully short-sighted when they try to protect the child from his mistakes, when they make…

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What is much harder to handle is the sense that you have to live up to the mark someone else has set…

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What is much harder to handle is the sense that you have to live up to the mark someone else has set…

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American parents, on the whole, do not want their sons to be artisans or craftsmen, but business or professional people. As a…

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This is a lesson mankind has not yet learned. We identify, and stratify, and treat persons largely on the basis of their accidental (physical)…

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Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament is something you are born with and can only slightly modify.

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Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other, 'Why bother?'

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The profound immoralities of our time are cruelty, indifference, injustice and the use of others as means rather than ends in themselves.

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Marriages we regard as the happiest are those in which each of the partners believes he or she got the best of it.

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“...it calls for deciding things on their own merit, not because you read it or were told it or grew up believing it.”

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Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.

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Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their…

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A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future.

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Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most…

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Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.

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“The cynic is goodhearted beneath his facade, whereas the sentimentalist is flint-hearted beneath his.”

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Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.

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“Like all persecuted minority groups, they strike back by forming cabals, by “taking over” certain spheres of activity (in the arts, for instance), and…

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Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.

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