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Sydney J. Harris has 137 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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…
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Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.
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The best thing you can give children, next to good habits, are good memories.
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We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I…
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Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark…
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We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.
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Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend…
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Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong.
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People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.
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If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, "You Only Live Once."
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Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely…
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Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.
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Really, when I think it over, literature has only one excuse for existing; it saves the person who makes it from the…
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Knowledge is more important than life. We've only one excuse for existing, to think, to find out, to learn.
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But what is significant is that if you don't want to like and accept somebody, one excuse is as good as another.…
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There is only one excuse for a speaker's asking the attention of his audience: he must have either truth or entertainment for…
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Still I made one excuse after another, and Jesus would answer, 'Go, and I will be with you'... Then Jesus said again,…
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You’re not terrified of me. You’re terrified of letting yourself care for me, and I can’t say I blame you. People who…
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Take your failure sportingly.In failure never look for one excuse or another.There is nothing to be demoralarized on failure but seeking excuse…
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You knew. I refuse to believe that you didn't. If you didn't, then you are incompetent. And that is one excuse you…
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