To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.
BERTRAND RUSSELLTo 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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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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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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Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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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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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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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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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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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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