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Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means their disagreement, with reality.

William James

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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Humorous Life Philosophical
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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Lying Misunderstood Statistics
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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Decide Shaped Views World
Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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Accepting Daring Ideas
How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.
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Happiness Laughter Men
If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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Changing Immediately Life Want
A new opinion counts as true just in proportion as it gratifies the individual’s desire to assimilate the novel in his experience to his beliefs in stock
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Belief Desire Truth
Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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Energy Mean Pain
The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgment passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.
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Art Men Philosophy
So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
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Anticipation Brave Use
To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides
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Objects Truth World
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
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Inspirational Motivational Positive
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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Positive Wisdom Wise
With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Good Hell Intention Intentions

Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means their disagreement, with reality.

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Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means their disagreement, with reality.

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