American - Journalist | September 14, 1917 - December 8, 1986
Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.
Sydney J. Harris
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Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.
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Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
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Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.
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The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones.
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The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.
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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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Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference.
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When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us.
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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 greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.
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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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