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Bertrand Russell

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
To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.
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Effort Greatness Happiness People Philosophy
Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Deep Politics Truth
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Crime Deep Life Philosophy Reality
The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
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Control Direction Harm Wrong Yourself
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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Death Kill Patriotism Talk
I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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Believe Death Deep Myself
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.
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Act Fear Greatness Human Man Trust
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
And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence.
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Doubt Existence God Myself Religion Thinking
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
None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
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Believe Ourselves Philosophy Quite True
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
Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
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Company Happiness Life Love
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Death Deep People Philosophy Thinking
One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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Desire Ourselves Passion Power Respect

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