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.
BERTRAND RUSSELLI 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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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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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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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.
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Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
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The secret of happiness is very simple: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
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Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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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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Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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