"History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise……" — Sydney J. Harris
"History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done."
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141 Quotes by Sydney J. Harris
Sydney J. Harris has 141 quotes on this site.
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A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently…
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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…
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Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on…
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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…
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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…
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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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More Cunning Quotes
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Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
— Francis Bacon
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Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest…
— Francis Beaumont
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'Fahrenheit 9/11' is astounding. Not so much as a film - although it is cunning and moving - but as…
— John Berger
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The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
— William Blake
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The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear - and they…
— George W. Bush
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Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Man has made many machines, complex and cunning, but which of them indeed rivals the workings of his heart?
— Pablo Casals
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None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a…
— Lydia M. Child
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I would rather a boy learnt in the roughest school the courage to hit a politician, or gained in the…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.
— Thomas Paine
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In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not…
— Leo Tolstoy
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Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: You can't deceive me. I know your…
— Cesare Pavese
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