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Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad o
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It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.
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We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but
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To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this l
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One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anythin
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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd indeed in view of the sillin
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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men although he was twice married, it never occured to him to verify this
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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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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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This is patently absurd but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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Too little liberty brings stagnation and too much brings chaos.
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There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.
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What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is n
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This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.
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The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
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