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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 what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.

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.

Sydney J. Harris
Love, Inspirational, Running
Sydney J. Harris (1985). “Pieces of Eight Pa”, Mariner Books

When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us.

Sydney J. Harris
Running, Pain, May
Sydney J. Harris (1976). “Best of Sydney J. Harris”

The reason that truth is stranger than fiction is that fiction has to have a rational thread running through it in order to be believable, whereas reality may be totally irrational.

Sydney J. Harris
Running, Truth, Honesty
Sydney J. Harris (1986). “Clearing the ground”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

All our efforts to attain immortality-by statesmanship, by conquest, by science or the arts-are equally vain in the long run, because the long run is longer than any of us can imagine.

Sydney J. Harris
Running, Art, Long
Sydney J. Harris (1986). “Clearing the ground”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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