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Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.

Bertrand Russell

It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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Deep Freedom Philosophy
I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
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Enemy Quite Religion World
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Existence Freedom Opinion Secure
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Death Deep People Philosophy Thinking
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Burn Hard Learning Let Go Life
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
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Happiness Philosophy Satisfaction
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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Death Kill Patriotism Talk
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
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.
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Himself Man Marriage Woman
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
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
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Crime Deep Life Philosophy Reality
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Forget Humanity Remember Yourself
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Happiness Man Philosophy
Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
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Greatness Learning Philosophy Time

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