No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
BERTRAND RUSSELLLove can flourish only as long as it is free and spontaneous; it tends to be killed by the thought of duty. To say that it is your duty to love so-and-so is the surest way to cause you to hate him of her.
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It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.
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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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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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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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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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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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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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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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Sin is geographical.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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One must care about a world one will not see.
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
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