Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it...

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No great achievement is possible without persistent work.

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In any closet, you can find it, if it is too small, or out of...

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None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

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More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the...

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The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence...

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Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It...

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing...

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing...

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Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty....

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On the one hand, philosophy is to keep us thinking about things that we may...

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Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead...

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Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make...

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Some `advanced thinkers' are of the opinion that anyone who differs from the conventional opinion...

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It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it...

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Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds...

Since evolution became fashionable, the glorification of Man has taken a new form.

Since evolution became fashionable, the glorification of Man has taken a new form.

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The need for prostitution arises from the fact that many men are either unmarried or...

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than...

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than...