You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed of doing.
SYDNEY J. HARRISAs the horsepower in modern automobiles steadily rises, the congestion of traffic steadily lowers the average possible speed of your car. This is known as Progress.
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Never let your fears be the boundaries of your dreams. Happiness is a direction, not a place.
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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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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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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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Usually, if we hate, it is the shadow of the person that we hate, rather than the substance.
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Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.
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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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A man will lay down his life for his friend but will not sacrifice his eardrums.
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Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.
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More trouble is caused in this world by indiscreet answers than by indiscreet questions.
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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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Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.
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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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The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
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The best thing you can give children, next to good habits, are good memories.
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