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Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Bertrand Russell

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
Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Mistake Science
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
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
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
Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Happiness Hate People Person
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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Born Hope Misery
How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Endurance Philosophy Willing 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
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Happiness Philosophy Satisfaction
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
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
We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
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Deep Habit Life Love Ourselves
Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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Beautiful Mathematics Truth View
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.
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Intelligence Prepare Present
So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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Intelligence Myself Religious Remember

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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