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«When the journey from means to end is not too long, the means themselves are enjoyed if the end is ardently desired.»
«Mankind . . . are a mistake. The universe would be sweeter and fresher without them»
«Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth - more than ruin, more even than death»
«If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do it»
«It is only in marriage with the world that our ideals can bear fruit: divorced from it, they remain barren»
«Undoubtedly the desire for food has been, and still is, one of the main causes of great political events»
«Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make sure of the legitimacy of children»
«A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
personal relation, Personal relations, sense of duty
«The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe.»
«No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
hoot, hooted, hooting, hoots, mockingbird
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