Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.
BERTRAND RUSSELLMathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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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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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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A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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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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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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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.
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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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Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence that could support this.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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