Sydney J. Harris

Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#each #lovers #other #over #period

Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#curiosity #drawn #indifference #many #out

Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#bother #calling #hear #life #middle

Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#commencement #easy #how #make #next

People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#generous #only #people #their #think

Somebody who never got over the embarrassing fact that he was born in bed with a lady. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#born #embarrassing #fact #got #lady

Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#effective #idea #into #kill #only

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#consists #impulses #knowing #living #made

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#argument #being #escape #face #gracefully

There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#going #hatchet #no point #point #put