Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
BERTRAND RUSSELLNo one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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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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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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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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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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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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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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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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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.
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