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No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his philosophy of life until we know exactly how he treats his wife, his children, his neighbors, his friends, his subordinates and his enemies.
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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Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.
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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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