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.
SYDNEY J. HARRISA 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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There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.
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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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When we have “second thoughts” about something, our first thoughts don’t seem like thoughts at all – just feelings.
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Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, ‘Why not?’ and the other, ‘Why bother?’
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As 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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A man will lay down his life for his friend but will not sacrifice his eardrums.
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Happiness is a direction, not a place.
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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.
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Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.
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Being yourself is not remaining what you were, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure and far from the goal.
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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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Skepticism is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the discovery of truths.
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We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying ‘It got lost,’ and say, ‘I lost it.’
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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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Why do most Americans look up to education and down upon educated people?
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