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I think philosophy is extremely good training for anyone who wants to do anything. Although that is an idea which people may speak scornfully of now, I think it does teach one to


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It is not enough that I succeed, everyone else must fail.



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Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.



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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.



We can only learn to love by loving.

We can only learn to love by loving.



Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.

Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.



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We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.



He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.



Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.

Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.



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Perhaps," he said, "we should discuss our arrangements, then.



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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.



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