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Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts that could not exist without it.

Bertrand Russell

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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Deep Fear Mankind Problem Sin
How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Endurance Philosophy Willing World
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
A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Desire Intelligence Man
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Existence Freedom Opinion Secure
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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Greatness Problem Science Thinking
Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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Deep Philosophy Try Yourself
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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Believe Death Myself Wrong
The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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Goodness Inspirational Knowledge Life
The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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Man Philosophy
The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
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Energy Fundamental Power Science
To 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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Deep Feeling Man Tragedy Writing
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
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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Doubt Fundamental Intelligence World
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
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Forget Humanity Remember Yourself

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