9 Quotes by Jean Harris


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    Slippery bunch, angels, hiding their nasty little sins behind curtsies and compliments, Bibles and badges.

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    Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with that early on, or you go away.

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    It would be ugly to watch people poking sticks at a caged rat. It is uglier still to watch rats poking sticks at a caged person.

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    The prison guards are capable of committing daily atrocities and obscenities, smiling the smile of the angels all the while.

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    I had led a private life and wanted to die a private death.

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    You learn about gratitude by giving. You learn about humility by receiving, and in the pecking order of human qualities, I'd probably put humility somewhere before gratitude.

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    You learn about gratitude by giving. You learn about humility by receiving, and in the pecking order of human qualities, I’d probably put humility somewhere before gratitude.

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