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One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.

Bertrand Russell

A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.
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Endurance Patience People Relationship
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Happiness Man Philosophy
Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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Greatness Happiness Human Mental Obstacle
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
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Burn Hard Learning Let Go Life
Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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Deep Life Ourselves Way
Love can flourish only as long as it is free and spontaneous; it tends to be killed by the thought of duty. To say that it is your duty to love so-and-so is the surest way to cause you to hate him of her.
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Freedom Hate Kill Love Philosophy Relationship
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Existence Freedom Opinion Secure
Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.
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Deep Fear Hands Religion
Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Happiness Hate People Person
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
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Death Deep People Philosophy Thinking
Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Hate Love One Liner Wisdom
Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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Success Thinking Try
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
The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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