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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.
Sydney J. Harris
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Sydney J. Harris
Age: 69 †
Born: 1917
Born: September 14
Died: 1986
Died: December 8
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London
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Genealogy: A perverse preoccupation of those who seek to demonstrate that their forebears were better people than they are.
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We believe what we want to believe, what we like to believe, what suits our prejudices and fuels our passions.
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Skepticism is not an end in itself it is a tool for the discovery of truths.
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