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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.

Bertrand Russell

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
Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Mistake Science
It seems to me fundamental dishonesty, and a fundamental treachery to intellectual integrity to hold a belief because you think it’s useful and not because you think it’s true.
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Believe Fundamental Honesty Integrity Myself Philosophy Thinking Yourself
The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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Man Philosophy Search
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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Kill Patriotism Willing
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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Imagination Knowledge Limitation Science
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
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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People Secret Virtue
The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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Goodness Inspirational Knowledge Life
The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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Man Philosophy
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
Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Hate Love One Liner Wisdom
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered to me.
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Happiness Life Live Myself Satisfaction Worth
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
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Happiness Man Philosophy
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

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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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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