Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.
SYDNEY J. HARRISLife is, if anything, the art of combination. Of discrimination. Of freely picking one’s own personal pattern out of a hundred choices. Not letting it be picked for you-either by the Establishment, or by the Rebels. Conformity of Hip is no better than Conformity of Square.
More Sydney J. Harris Quotes
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A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.
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The truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us.
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Skepticism is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the discovery of truths.
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There’s no point in burying a hatchet if you’re going to put up a marker on the site.
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Why do most Americans look up to education and down upon educated people?
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The pessimist sees only the tunnel; the optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel; the realist sees the tunnel and the light – and the next tunnel.
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A man will lay down his life for his friend but will not sacrifice his eardrums.
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The main discomfort in being a middle-of-the-roader is that you get sideswiped by partisans going in both directions.
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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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We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying ‘It got lost,’ and say, ‘I lost it.’
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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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Marriages we regard as the happiest are those in which each of the partners believes he or she got the best of it.
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The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.
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Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
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The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath her gentleness.
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