Sydney J. Harris Quote

Everyone admits that "the truth hurts" but no one applies this adage to himself — and as soon as it begins to hurt us, we quickly repudiate it and call it a lie. It is this tendency toward self-deception (more than any active sin) that makes human progress slow and almost imperceptible.


On the Contrary (1964)


Everyone admits that the truth hurts but no one applies this adage to himself — and as soon as it begins to hurt us, we quickly repudiate it and...

Everyone admits that the truth hurts but no one applies this adage to himself — and as soon as it begins to hurt us, we quickly repudiate it and...

Everyone admits that the truth hurts but no one applies this adage to himself — and as soon as it begins to hurt us, we quickly repudiate it and...

Everyone admits that the truth hurts but no one applies this adage to himself — and as soon as it begins to hurt us, we quickly repudiate it and...