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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

Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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Fear Mad Philosophy
There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our thoughts.
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Beginning Ideas Philosophy Reason World
Love can flourish only as long as it is free and spontaneous; it tends to be killed by the thought of duty. To say that it is your duty to love so-and-so is the surest way to cause you to hate him of her.
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Freedom Hate Kill Love Philosophy Relationship
Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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Deep Intelligence World
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
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Evidence Goodness Savage
The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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Man Philosophy
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
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
There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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Book Enjoyment Reading
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Death Deep People Philosophy Thinking
It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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Deep Freedom Philosophy
Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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Decision Deep Philosophy
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
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
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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Death Kill Patriotism Talk

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