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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

Bertrand Russell

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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Acceptance Be Yourself Deep Fear
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
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
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
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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Deep Philosophy Science Yourself
I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn’t wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
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Believe Doubt Myself People Philosophy Thinking
Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Hate Love One Liner Wisdom
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
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
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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People Secret Virtue
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Forget Humanity Remember Yourself
Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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Fear Mad Philosophy
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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Death Kill Patriotism Talk
The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.
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Man Night Purpose Thinking Wisdom
Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Doubt Knowledge Philosophy World
One must care about a world one will not see.
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Deep Future Oneself See World

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