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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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As WArden Lawes once said of convicts, no man can be called a failure until he has tried something he really likes, and fails at it.
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We must become masters of our own actions and attitudes. To let another person determine whether we will be rude or gracious, elated or depressed is to give control of ourselves. The only true possession is self possession.
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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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Good teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring.
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Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.
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God cannot be solemn, or he would not have blessed man with the incalculable gift of laughter.
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If you want to know what a man's character is really like... ask him to tell you the living person he most admires - for hero worship is the truest index of a man's private nature.
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Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.
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People decline invitations when they are indisposed physically, and I wish they would do likewise when they feel indisposed emotionally. A person has no more right to attend a party with a head full of venom than with a throat full of virus.
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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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We believe what we want to believe, what we like to believe, what suits our prejudices and fuels our passions.
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The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.
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