We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.
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.
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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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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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The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.
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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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Usually, if we hate, it is the shadow of the person that we hate, rather than the substance.
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Making out an invitation list for a party brings out the worst in everyone. It is then that our most ruthless estimates of the people we know come into play.
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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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A man will lay down his life for his friend but will not sacrifice his eardrums.
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There is no such thing as an “atrocity” in warfare that is greater than the atrocity of warfare itself.
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Every rule in the book can be broken, except one – be who you are, and become all you were meant to be.
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Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.
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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 world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals.
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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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Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
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