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It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

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
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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Death Fear Life Love Philosophy
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Forget Humanity Remember Yourself
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Myself Philosophy Thinking
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Happiness 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
Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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Fear Goodness Hope Writing Yourself
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
No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Oneself Virtue
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
Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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Success Thinking Try
Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
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Angry Leave People Philosophy
I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.
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Believe Food Goodness Honesty Live Myself People Sex Word
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
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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Kill Patriotism Willing
It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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