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Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
Sydney J. Harris
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Sydney J. Harris
Age: 69 †
Born: 1917
Born: September 14
Died: 1986
Died: December 8
Journalist
London
England
Sydney Harris
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Filth is always a sign of weakness - in the mouth of the user and in the mind of the writer.
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Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.
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There is no such thing as an atrocity in warfare that is greater than the atrocity of warfare itself.
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If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?
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