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This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered to me.

Bertrand Russell

Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
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Deep Fear Mankind Problem Sin
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Death Deep People Philosophy Thinking
Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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Beautiful Mathematics Truth View
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
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
Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
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Angry Leave People Philosophy
How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Endurance Philosophy Willing World
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
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
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Doubt Problem Wisdom World
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
Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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Fear Goodness Hope Writing Yourself
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
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Absence Animal Believe Man Philosophy Satisfaction
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
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Happiness Philosophy Satisfaction
None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
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Believe Ourselves Philosophy Quite True
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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Born Hope Misery

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