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The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

Bertrand Russell

Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts that could not exist without it.
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Deep Existence Language Possible
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
Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Born Education Man Stupidity
I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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Believe Death Deep Myself
No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Oneself Virtue
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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Greatness Happiness Live Quiet True
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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Angry Energy Philosophy Waste
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
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Happiness Man Philosophy
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence that could support this.
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Animal Evidence Life Man Myself Philosophy Search Support
One must care about a world one will not see.
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Deep Future Oneself See World
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
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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Death Happiness Love True
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
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
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

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