Quotes 41 till 60 of 286.
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Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept.
Source: Logical and Philosophical Papers, 1909-13 -
Bad philosophers may have a certain influence; good philosophers, never.
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Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.
Source: The Conquest Of Happiness -
Blessed are they who have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it.
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Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.
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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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Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
Source: The Conquest of Happiness (1930) -
But life is sweet, though all that makes it sweet. Lessen like sound of friends departing feet; And death is beautiful as feet of friend. Coming with welcome at our journey's end.
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But when I don't smoke I scarcely feel as if I'm living. I don't feel as if I'm living unless I'm killing myself.
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Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it necessarily contain within itself forces which must bring either decay or explosion?
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Civilized people cannot fully satisfy their sexual instinct without love.
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Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.
Source: An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish: A Hilarious Catalogue of Organized and Individual Stupidity -
Communism means barbarism.
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Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise ;in statesmanship.
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Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.
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Conventional people are roused to fury by departures from convention, largely because they regard such departures as a criticism of themselves.
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Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.
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Democracy give every man the right to be his own oppressor.
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Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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