A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future. -Sidney J. Harris

 

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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This quote is just one of 6 total Sidney J. Harris quotes in our collection. Sidney J. Harris is known for saying 'A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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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Nothing 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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Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble. -Sidney J. Harris
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The time to relax is -- when you don't have time for it.

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When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?' -Sidney J. Harris
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