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Them Quotes by Sydney J. Harris
- We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.
- What is much harder to handle is the sense that you have to live up to the mark someone else has set for you. The…
- Take away grievances from some people and you remove their reasons for living; most of us are nourished by hope, but a considerable minority get…
- Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.
- The loner may be respected, but he is always resented by his colleagues, for he seems to be passing a critical judgment on them, when…
- The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the…
- Much as a teacher may wince at the thought, he is also an entertainer—for unless he can hold his audience, he cannot really instruct or…
- The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother - which is as absurd as believing that having a piano…
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster