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One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.

Bertrand Russell

And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence.
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Doubt Existence God Myself Religion Thinking
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
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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Imagination Knowledge Limitation Science
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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Healthy Philosophy
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Myself Philosophy Thinking
A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Desire Intelligence Man
Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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Goodness Happiness Yourself
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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Born Hope Misery
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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Believe Death Myself Wrong
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Death Deep People Philosophy Thinking
Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Doubt Knowledge Philosophy World
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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Deep Feeling Man Tragedy Writing
Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Deep Politics Truth
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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People Secret Virtue
Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Born Education Man Stupidity
Love is something far more than the desire for sexual intercourse it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.
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