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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Bertrand Russell

Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Hate Love One Liner Wisdom
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
Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Deep Politics Truth
No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Oneself Virtue
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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Believe Deep Willing
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Forget Humanity Remember Yourself
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
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
The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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Man Philosophy
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
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
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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Born Hope Misery
To write a tragedy, a man must feel the tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.
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Deep Feeling Man Tragedy Writing
Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts that could not exist without it.
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Deep Existence Language Possible
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
Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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Deep Philosophy Try Yourself

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