Why do so many people yearn for an eternal life when they don't even know what to do … - Sydney J. Harris

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Something deathless and dangerous in the world sweeps past you. . . It is something fearful and ominous, something turbulent and to be dreaded, which distends the drama to include the life of nations as well as of men. It is an ageless warning.

Sydney J. Harris

Why do so many people yearn for an eternal life when they don't even know what to do with themselves in this brief one?

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

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History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.

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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'.

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There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U. S. congressmen.

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