Honesty consists of the unwillingness to lie to others; maturity, which is equally hard to attain, consists of the unwillingness to lie to oneself.
SYDNEY J. HARRISThe public examination of homosexuality in our contemporary life is still so coated with distasteful moral connotations that even a reviewer is bound to wonder uneasily why he was selected to evaluate a book on the subject.
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If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?
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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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Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.
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Almost every man looks more so in a belted trench coat.
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Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.
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The public examination of homosexuality in our contemporary life is still so coated with distasteful moral connotations that even a reviewer is bound to wonder uneasily why he was selected to evaluate a book on the subject.
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The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.
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By the time a man asks you for advice, he has generally made up his mind what he wants to do, and is looking for confirmation rather than counseling.
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A ‘penchant for telling the truth’ can cripple a candidates chances faster than being caught in flagrante delicto with the governor’s wife.
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Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves – so how can we know anyone else?
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Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.
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Being yourself is not remaining what you were, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure and far from the goal.
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More trouble is caused in this world by indiscreet answers than by indiscreet questions.
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Many people feel “guilty” about things they shouldn’t feel guilty about, in order to shut out feelings of guilt about things they should feel guilty about.
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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 the future.
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