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The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.

Bertrand Russell

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
There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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Book Enjoyment Reading
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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Intelligence Prepare Present
Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Hate Love One Liner Wisdom
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
Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Deep Politics Truth
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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Friendship Happiness Philosophy Secret Yourself
Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Mistake Science
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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People Secret Virtue
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Happiness Man Philosophy
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.
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Act Fear Greatness Human Man Trust
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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Happiness Life Live Myself Satisfaction Worth
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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Imagination Knowledge Limitation Science
Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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End Let Go Life
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Crime Deep Life Philosophy Reality
The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.
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Man Night Purpose Thinking Wisdom

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