How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
BERTRAND RUSSELLConquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.
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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.
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Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.
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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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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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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
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