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Our instinctive emotions are those

Our instinctive emotions are those that we have inherited from a much more dangerous world, and contain, therefore, a larger portion of fear than they should.
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The fundamental defect of fathers

The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
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I found one day in

I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied 'The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies that's fair.' In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.
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It is because modern education

It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves great results. The wish to preserve the past rather than the hope of creating the future dominates the minds of those who control the teaching of the young.
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To be without some of

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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It is clear that thought

It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living.
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Boredom is a vital problem

Boredom is 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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The time you enjoy wasting

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
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Man needs, for his happiness,

Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change.
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If all our happiness is

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.
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