The primary purpose of a liberal education is to m... -Sydney J. Harris

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.

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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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The time to relax is when you don't have time for it....
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If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?...
Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men....
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