WIST Quotations

2022-04-07 23:00:17

A quotation by Harris, Sydney J.

Men may be divided almost any way we please, but I have found the most useful distinction to be made between those who devote their lives to conjugating the verb “to be” and those who spend their lives conjugating the verb “to have.”

Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986) Anglo-American columnist, journalist, author
For the Time Being, ch. 6, epigram (1972)

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More notes and sourcing on WIST: https://wist.info/harris-sydney-j/43346/