The greatest educational dogma is also its greatest fallacy: the belief that what must be learned can necessarily be taught.
SYDNEY J. HARRISYou 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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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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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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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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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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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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The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.
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People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault.
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The world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals.
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Almost every man looks more so in a belted trench coat.
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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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We may hate a person because he reminds us of someone we feared and disliked when younger; or because we see in him some gross caricature of what we find repugnant in ourself; or because he symbolizes an attitude that seems to threaten us.
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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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Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.
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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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Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most about.
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