Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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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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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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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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Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
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Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
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The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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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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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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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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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
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It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.
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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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