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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.

Bertrand Russell

Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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Beautiful Mathematics Truth View
Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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Deep Intelligence World
Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts that could not exist without it.
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Deep Existence Language Possible
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
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
None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
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Believe Ourselves Philosophy Quite True
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
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Crime Deep Life Philosophy Reality
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Existence Freedom Opinion Secure
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
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 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
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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Death Kill Patriotism Talk
Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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Decision Deep Philosophy
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

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