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The wise man thinks about

The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about others things.
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Whereas in art nothing worth

Whereas in art nothing worth doing can be done without genius, in science even a very moderate capacity can contribute to a supreme achievement.
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There are two motives for

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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Freedom of opinion can only

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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All exact science is dominated

All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation.
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The only thing that will

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Change is scientific, progress is

Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.
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But all who are not

But all who are not lunitics are agreed about certain things: That it is better to be alive than dead, better to be adequately fed than starved, better to be free than to be a slave. Many people desire these things only for themselves and their friends; they are quite content that their enemies should suffer. These people can be refuted by science: Mankind has become so much one family that we cannot insure our own prosperity except by insuring that of everyone else. If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also happy.
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I should wish to see

I should wish to see a world in which education aimed at mental freedom rather than imprisoning the minds of the young in a rigid armor of dogma calculated to protect them though life against the shafts of impartial evidence.
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In all things it is

In all things it is a good idea to hang a question mark now and then on the things we have taken for granted.
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