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The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

by Sydney J. Harris Found in: Education Quotes,
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Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is
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Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is
regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

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Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought read more

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.

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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 read more

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.

by Sydney J. Harris Found in: Idealism Quotes,
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The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love read more

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong".

by Sydney J. Harris Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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