We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.
SYDNEY J. HARRISA ‘penchant for telling the truth’ can cripple a candidates chances faster than being caught in flagrante delicto with the governor’s wife.
More Sydney J. Harris Quotes
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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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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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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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Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.
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Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.
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Man’s unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
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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 main discomfort in being a middle-of-the-roader is that you get sideswiped by partisans going in both directions.
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Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
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A 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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Usually, if we hate, it is the shadow of the person that we hate, rather than the substance.
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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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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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When we inform, we lead from strength; when we communicate, we lead from weakness-and it is precisely this confession of mortality that engages the ears, heads and hearts of those we want to enlist as allies in a common cause.
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