Sydney J. Harris citations (44 citations, Page 2)

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“A person who is going to commit an inhuman act invariably excuses himself to himself by saying, "I'm only human, after all."”

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"Purely Personal Prejudices" http://books.google.com/books?id=DLcEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22A+person+who+is+going+to+commit+an+inhuman+act+invariably+excuses+himself++to+himself+by+saying+I'm+only+human+after+all%22&pg=PA232#v=onepage Strictly Personal (1953)

“We are just beginning to learn that our same old habits, like the exploitation of nonrenewable resources, may make us at one with the auk and the dodo.”

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"What is 'The Fittest'?" http://books.google.com/books?id=NzNpn-cojqYC&q=%22We+are+just+beginning+to+learn+that+our+same+old+habits+like+the+exploitation+of+nonrenewable+resources+may+make+us+at+one+with+the+auk+and+the+dodo%22&pg=PA118#v=onepage, syndicated (3 September 1980) http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Kf8cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=so4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2474,200754 Pieces of Eight (1982)

“Work and play are an artificial pair of opposites, because the best kind of play contains an element of work, and the most productive kind of work must include something of the spirit of play.”

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Pieces of Eight (1982)

“Superior people are only those who let it be discovered by others; the need to make it evident forfeits the very virtue they aspire to.”

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Pieces of Eight (1982)

“Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.”

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"Purely Personal Prejudices" http://books.google.com/books?id=DLcEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Nobody+can+be+so+amusingly+arrogant+as+a+young+man+who+has+just+discovered+an+old+idea+and+thinks+it+is+his+own%22&pg=PA227#v=onepage Strictly Personal (1953)

“The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.”

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"Purely Personal Prejudices" http://books.google.com/books?id=DLcEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22The+difference+between+patriotism+and+nationalism++is+that+the+patriot+is+proud+of+his+country+for+what+it+does+and+the+nationalist+is+proud+of+his+country+no+matter+what+it+does+the+first+attitude+creates+a+feeling+of+responsibility+but+the+second+a+feeling+of+blind+arrogance+that+leads+to+war%22&pg=PA228#v=onepage Strictly Personal (1953)

“The beauty of “spacing” children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones — which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones.”

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Leaving the Surface (1968)

“There is no such thing as an "atrocity" in warfare that is greater than the atrocity of warfare itself.”

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"All's Fair in War", http://books.google.com/books?id=CQgEAAAAYAAJ&q=%22There+is+no+such+thing+as+an+atrocity+in+warfare+that+is+greater+than+the+atrocity+of+warfare+itself%22&pg=PA4#v=onepage Strictly Personal syndicated column (31 August 1981) http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1798&dat=19810831&id=qeQcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q44EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4655,3549388 Pieces of Eight (1982)

“Young people know less than we do, but they understand more; their perception has not yet been blunted by compromise, fatigue, rationalization, and the mistaking of mere respectability for morality.”

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The Best of Sydney J. Harris (1975)

“Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.”

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Pieces of Eight (1982)

“A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past; he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.”

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Source: On the Contrary (1964), Ch. 7