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None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.

Bertrand Russell

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.
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Act Fear Greatness Human Man Trust
A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Desire Intelligence Man
Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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Goodness Happiness Yourself
Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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Beautiful Mathematics Truth View
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Happiness Philosophy Satisfaction
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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Born Hope Misery
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
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
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
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
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
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Doubt Problem Wisdom World
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Healing Mankind Philosophy
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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Deep Philosophy Science Yourself
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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Death Happiness Love True
Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
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Company Happiness Life Love
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

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