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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.

Bertrand Russell

Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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Death Kill Patriotism Talk
No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Oneself Virtue
We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.
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Deep Knowledge Philosophy
I hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that.
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Book Hate Reading
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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Doubt Fundamental Intelligence World
Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Born Education Man Stupidity
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Existence Freedom Opinion Secure
So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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Intelligence Myself Religious Remember
A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.
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Endurance Patience People Relationship
Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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End Let Go Life
I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.
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Believe Food Goodness Honesty Live Myself People Sex Word
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
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
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Desire Happiness People Philosophy World
Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Deep Politics Truth
It seems to me fundamental dishonesty, and a fundamental treachery to intellectual integrity to hold a belief because you think it’s useful and not because you think it’s true.
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Believe Fundamental Honesty Integrity Myself Philosophy Thinking Yourself
Love can flourish only as long as it is free and spontaneous; it tends to be killed by the thought of duty. To say that it is your duty to love so-and-so is the surest way to cause you to hate him of her.
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Freedom Hate Kill Love Philosophy Relationship

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