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

Bertrand Russell

Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Deep Politics Truth
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
Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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Deep Philosophy Try Yourself
Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
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Comfortable Man Philosophy
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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Animal Evidence Life Man Myself Philosophy Search Support
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
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Existence Freedom Opinion Secure
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Crime Deep Life Philosophy Reality
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.
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Intelligence Prepare Present
The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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Goodness Inspirational Knowledge Life
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Forget Humanity Remember Yourself
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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Greatness Problem Science Thinking
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
How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Endurance Philosophy Willing World
Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Happiness Hate People Person
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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Born Hope Misery

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