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

Bertrand Russell

Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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Fear Mad Philosophy
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Crime Deep Life Philosophy Reality
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 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
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Happiness Man Philosophy
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
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Knowledge Life Love Passion Search Simplicity Strong Suffering
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
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
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Desire Happiness People Philosophy World
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Death Deep People Philosophy Thinking
I hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that.
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Book Hate Reading
The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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Man Philosophy Search
Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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Decision Deep Philosophy
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
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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Happiness Life Live Myself Satisfaction Worth
No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Oneself Virtue
A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Desire Intelligence Man

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