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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.

Bertrand Russell

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Death Deep People Philosophy Thinking
Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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Goodness Happiness Yourself
Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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Deep Intelligence World
Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Deep Politics Truth
We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.
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Deep Knowledge Philosophy
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
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
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Forget Humanity Remember Yourself
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
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
Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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Beautiful Mathematics Truth View
Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Happiness Hate People Person
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
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
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
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

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