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The whole problem with the

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
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So far as I can

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
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A sense of duty is

A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with patient resignation.
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Real life is, to most

Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible but the world of pure reason knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity.
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Education, which was at first

Education, which was at first made universal in order that all might be able to read and write, has been found capable of serving quite other purposes. By instilling nonsense it unifies populations and generates collective enthusiasm.
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Much that passes as idealism

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.
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The thing that I should

The thing that I should wish to obtain from money would be leisure with security.
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Fear is the main source

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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In all affairs it's a

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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The true spirit of delight,

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry.
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