Maxioms by Sydney J. Harris
Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it read more
Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is
regret for the things we did not read more
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is
regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's read more
The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.
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.
