The prison guards are capable of committing daily atrocities and obscenities, smiling the smile of the angels all the while. Jean Harris More Quotes by Jean Harris More Quotes From Jean Harris 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. Jean Harris gratitude humility thank-you I had led a private life and wanted to die a private death. Jean Harris wanted-to-die private-life wanted 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. Jean Harris would-be watches people Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with that early on, or you go away. Jean Harris bachelors going-away winning Overnight I became a cottage industry. Jean Harris cottages industry