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As long as there are human beings, there will be the idea of brotherhood -- and an almost total inability to practice it.
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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Sydney Harris
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Any creed whose basic doctrines do not include respect for the creeds of others, is simply power politics masquerading as philosophy.
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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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We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure.
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It's odd, and a little unsettling, to reflect upon the fact that English is the only major language in which I is capitalized in many other languages You is capitalized and the i is lower case. --
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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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Being yourself is not remaining what you were, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure and far from the goal.
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A winner rebukes and forgives a loser is too Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who forgives you -- out of love -- takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always entails a sacrifice.
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