To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
BERTRAND RUSSELLMen who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our thoughts.
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One must care about a world one will not see.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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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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The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.
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One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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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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To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.
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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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