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The secret of happiness is very simple: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

Bertrand Russell

No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
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Believe Deep Nation Virtue
So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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Intelligence Myself Religious Remember
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
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
Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Deep Politics Truth
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Happiness Man Philosophy
The secret of happiness is very simple: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
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Friendship Happiness Philosophy Secret Yourself
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence that could support this.
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Animal Evidence Life Man Myself Philosophy Search Support
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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Intelligence Prepare Present
Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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Success Thinking Try
Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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End Let Go Life
Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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Deep Intelligence World
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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Deep Philosophy Science Yourself
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
It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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Easy Fall In Love Relationship
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Crime Deep Life Philosophy Reality

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