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"You learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."
    -- Aristotle Plato
"When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction."
    -- Mark Twain
"If 5th century BC Pythagoras discovered algebraic theorems, if 19th century Darwin discovered the evolution of species, then what topics does the 21st century mind explore? I would say evolutionary psychology, primitive neuroscience, and information networks."
    -- Luigi Mangione
"I feel lucky for my 21st century education. I get to simply download the knowledge of all who came before me, allowing me to stand on their shoulders and ponder new problems they never would have had access to."
    -- Luigi Mangione

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"The gods help them that help themselves."
    -- Aesop
"The "haves" and "have nots" can be traced back to the "dids" and "did nots.""
    -- Anthony Klco
"Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade and can be confiscated in one fell night. Live with a steady superiority over life - don't be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn after happiness it is after all, all the same the bitter doesn't last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing."
    -- Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn


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Bertrand Russell Quotes

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There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.Get Image

There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.Get Image

This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.Get Image

This is patently absurd but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.Get Image

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.Get Image




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