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The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.

Bertrand Russell

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
Sin is geographical.
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One Liner Place Sin
One must care about a world one will not see.
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Deep Future Oneself See World
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Myself Philosophy Thinking
Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
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Greatness Learning Philosophy Time
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
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
I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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Believe Death Deep Myself
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
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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Deep Philosophy Science Yourself
Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Hate Love One Liner Wisdom
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
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Knowledge Life Love Passion Search Simplicity Strong Suffering
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
Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Deep Politics Truth
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Death Deep People Philosophy Thinking
Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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