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# Sydney J Harris

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Sydney J. Harris was an American journalist for the Chicago Daily News and, later, the Chicago Sun-Times. He wrote 11 books and his weekday column, "Strictly Personal", was syndicated in approximately 200 newspapers throughout the United States and Canada. He also wrote an aperiodic feature called "

##  Quotes by Sydney J Harris

> [One good reason why computers can do more work than people is that they never have to stop and answer the phone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris-2/one-good-reason-why-computers-can-do-more-work-than-people-is-that/)

[Sydney J Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris-2/)

[Computers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/sydney-j-harris-2-78170_computers_one-good-reason-why-computers-can-do-mor_1543344.jpg)

> [“Regret for things we have done can be tempered by time, it is regret for things we have not done that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris-2/regret-for-things-we-have-done-can-be-tempered-by-time-it-is-regret/)

[Sydney J Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris-2/)

[Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/)

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> [Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris-2/ninety-percent-of-the-world-s-woe-comes-from-people-not-knowing/)

[Sydney J Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris-2/)

[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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