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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Bertrand Russell

The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.
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Man Night Purpose Thinking Wisdom
Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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Fear Goodness Hope Writing Yourself
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
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Doubt Problem Wisdom World
Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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Deep Life Ourselves Way
The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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Man Philosophy Search
Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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Goodness Happiness Yourself
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.
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Himself Man Marriage Woman
The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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Goodness Inspirational Knowledge Life
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.
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Act Fear Greatness Human Man Trust
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.
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Intelligence Prepare Present
Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Mistake Science
Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Doubt Knowledge Philosophy World
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Healing Mankind Philosophy
Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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Success Thinking Try
To write a tragedy, a man must feel the tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.
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Deep Feeling Man Tragedy Writing
The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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Man Philosophy

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