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The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.

Bertrand Russell

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
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
To write a tragedy, a man must feel the tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.
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Deep Feeling Man Tragedy Writing
It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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Deep Freedom Philosophy
Sin is geographical.
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One Liner Place Sin
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
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Desire Happiness People Philosophy World
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 good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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Goodness Inspirational Knowledge Life
Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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Deep Intelligence World
One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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Desire Ourselves Passion Power Respect
One must care about a world one will not see.
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Deep Future Oneself See World
Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Happiness Hate People Person
I hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that.
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Book Hate Reading
No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Oneself Virtue
It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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Easy Fall In Love Relationship
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Happiness Philosophy Satisfaction

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