Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, ‘Why not?’ and the other, ‘Why bother?’
SYDNEY J. HARRISBy 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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The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.
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The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
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Honesty consists of the unwillingness to lie to others; maturity, which is equally hard to attain, consists of the unwillingness to lie to oneself.
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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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Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.
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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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The world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals.
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The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one’s mind a pleasant place in which to spend one’s leisure.
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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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An idealist believes the short run doesn’t count. A cynic believes the long run doesn’t matter.
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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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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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Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most about.
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Real loneliness consists not in being alone, but in being with the wrong person, in the suffocating darkness of a room in which no deep communication is possible.
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The best thing you can give children, next to good habits, are good memories.
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