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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

Bertrand Russell

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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Believe Death Myself Wrong
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
Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Hate Love One Liner Wisdom
I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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Believe Death Deep Myself
Sin is geographical.
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One Liner Place Sin
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
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Doubt Problem Wisdom World
The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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Man Philosophy Search
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Myself Philosophy Thinking
The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
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Control Direction Harm Wrong Yourself
It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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Deep Freedom Philosophy
Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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Fear Goodness Hope Writing Yourself
How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Endurance Philosophy Willing World
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
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
Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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Greatness Happiness Human Mental Obstacle
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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People Secret Virtue

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