More trouble is caused in this world by indiscreet answers than by indiscreet questions.
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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A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future.
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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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It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you’re not comfortable within yourself, you can’t be comfortable with others.
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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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Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.
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Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.
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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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The best thing you can give children, next to good habits, are good memories.
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The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one’s mind a pleasant place in which to spend one’s leisure.
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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.
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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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We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure.
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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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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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The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.
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