A ‘penchant for telling the truth’ can cripple a candidates chances faster than being caught in flagrante delicto with the governor’s wife.
SYDNEY J. HARRISThe loner may be respected, but he is always resented by his colleagues, for he seems to be passing a critical judgment on them, when he may be simply making a limiting statement about himself.
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Skepticism is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the discovery of truths.
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The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.
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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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The truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us.
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Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.
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Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves – so how can we know anyone else?
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There’s no point in burying a hatchet if you’re going to put up a marker on the site.
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Why do most Americans look up to education and down upon educated people?
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Many people know how to work hard; many others know how to play well; but the rarest talent in the world is the ability to introduce elements of playfulness into work, and to put some constructive labor into our leisure.
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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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When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’
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Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.
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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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The best thing you can give children, next to good habits, are good memories.
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Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.
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