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Sydney J. Harris

The world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals.
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Betrayed Men World
No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his “philosophy of life” until we know exactly how he treats his wife, his children, his neighbors, his friends, his subordinates and his enemies.
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Children Men Philosophy
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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Believe Best Love Partner
The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is, when the secret is finally out, to refrain from disclosing that you knew it all along.
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Character Refrain Secret Several Tests
A loser says that’s the way it’s always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way.
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Always Done Loser Way
The founder of every creed from Jesus Christ to Karl Marx, would be appalled to return to earth and see what has been made of that creed, not by its enemies, but by its most devoted adherents.
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Appalled Christ Enemy Jesus
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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Attain Honesty Lying Maturity Truth
People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault.
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Generosity People Thinking
Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
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Cases Men Money
Every morning I take out my bankbook, stare at it, shudder – and turn quickly to my typewriter.
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Morning Staring Typewriters
Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.
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Enemy Lovers Time Love
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
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Education Mirror Purpose Whole Window
We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.
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Able Possession Renounce
Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.
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Change Funny Love
The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.
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Art Knowing Made
Good teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring.
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Confusing Teacher Teaching

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