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It may be true that the weak will always be driven to the wall but it is the task of a just society to see that the wall is climbable.
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
England
Sydney Harris
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Those obsessed with health are not healthy the first requisite of good health is a certain calculated carelessness about oneself.
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The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.
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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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Never let your fears be the boundaries of your dreams. Happiness is a direction, not a place.
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Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer this is how commencement speakers are caught.
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A winner rebukes and forgives a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.
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