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To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.

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
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
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
The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
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Energy Fundamental Power Science
Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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Success Thinking Try
The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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Goodness Inspirational Knowledge Life
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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Death Fear Life Love Philosophy
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 who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Happiness Man Philosophy
Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Hate Love One Liner Wisdom
The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.
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Deep Happiness Secret World
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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Imagination Knowledge Limitation Science
In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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Healthy Philosophy
One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
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Feeling Imagination Ourselves Pain Time Understand
Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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Decision Deep Philosophy
Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Happiness Hate People Person

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