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Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.

Bertrand Russell

There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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Book Enjoyment Reading
The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.
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Deep Happiness Secret World
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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Believe Deep Willing
Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
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Deep Fear Mankind Problem Sin
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Forget Humanity Remember Yourself
A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Desire Intelligence Man
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
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Evidence Goodness Savage
The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
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Control Direction Harm Wrong Yourself
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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Acceptance Be Yourself Deep Fear
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
Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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Greatness Happiness Human Mental Obstacle
Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Happiness Hate People Person
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Happiness Philosophy Satisfaction
Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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Beautiful Mathematics Truth View
Love is something far more than the desire for sexual intercourse it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.
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Desire Live Lonely Love Man Philosophy Sex Woman
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Happiness Man Philosophy

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