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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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When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write.
— Norman Mailer
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I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not.
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I want to apologize for plaguing you with so many telephone calls last November and December. When the 'enthusiasm' is coming on…
— Robert Lowell
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For me, anything goes when I pick up a mike. I'm not trying to hurt people - I try not to get…
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When a society is criticised by outsiders, its members wince but shrug their shoulders. 'What you can expect from strangers?' is the…
— Michela Wrong
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I just think lots of words have physicality. How about the word 'wobble?' You think that's arbitrary? When you say the word…
— Roy Blount, Jr.
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There's a certain edge about cruelty. If you're honest about it, most people wince, but say it had to be said.
— Pete Waterman
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Things can be funny when people are uneasy. It softens them up and stops them falling asleep on the sofa. I like…
— Mark Haddon
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Will you tell me my fault, frankly as to yourself, for I had rather wince, than die. Men do not call the…
— Emily Dickinson
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The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward…
— Jodie Foster
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A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is…
— Samuel Johnson
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The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own…
— Graham Greene
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