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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.
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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An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.
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We truly possess only what we are able to renounce otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.
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Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.
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Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. 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 are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.
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Gourmet: Usually little more than a glutton festooned with credit cards.
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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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The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.
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