Almost every man looks more so in a belted trench coat.
SYDNEY J. HARRISA winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others; a loser wants to be considered an expert by others before he has learned enough to know how little he knows.
More Sydney J. Harris Quotes
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There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.
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People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault.
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This is a lesson mankind has not yet learned. We identify, and stratify, and treat persons largely on the basis of their accidental (physical) characteristics, which have no deeper meaning.
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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 grades become too important, the competition too frantic, the fear of disappointing those who believe in you turns into an overwhelming nightmare.
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And to assert defensively at the outset that he is happily married, the father of four children and the one-time adornment of his college boxing, track and tennis teams.
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We may hate a person because he reminds us of someone we feared and disliked when younger; or because we see in him some gross caricature of what we find repugnant in ourself; or because he symbolizes an attitude that seems to threaten us.
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We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure.
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When we have “second thoughts” about something, our first thoughts don’t seem like thoughts at all – just feelings.
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Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.
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More trouble is caused in this world by indiscreet answers than by indiscreet questions.
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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 he may be simply making a limiting statement about himself.
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The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.
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Love makes everything lovely; hate concentrates itself on the object of its hatred.
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As the horsepower in modern automobiles steadily rises, the congestion of traffic steadily lowers the average possible speed of your car. This is known as Progress.
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It’s odd, and a little unsettling, to reflect upon the fact that English is the only major language in which “I” is capitalized; in many other languages “You” is capitalized and the “i” is lower case.” —
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