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We are all prone to the malady of the introvert who, with the manifold spectacle
of the
world spread out before him, turns away and gazes only upon the emptiness
within. But let
us not imagine there is anything grand about the introvert's unhappiness.
Bertrand Russell
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell
Our instinctive emotions are those that we have inherited from a much more
dangerous
world, and contain, therefore, a larger portion of fear than they should.
Bertrand Russell
There is no nonsense so arrant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast
majority by
adequate government action.
Bertrand Russell
The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and
let your
reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible
friendly rather
than hostile.
Bertrand Russell
The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really
important
things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real state,
but
friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith.
Bertrand Russell
To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to
feel oneself not
merely an isolated individual whose day will soon be over, but part of the
stream of life
slowing on from the first germ to the remote and unknown future.
Bertrand Russell
It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents men
from
living freely and nobly.
Bertrand Russell
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Bertrand Russell
This idea of weapons of mass exterminations utterly horrible and is something
which no
one with one spark of humanity can tolerate. I will not pretend to obey a
government
which is organizing a mass massacre of mankind.
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Sophocles
# I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.
Sophocles
# Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.
Sophocles
# There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.
Sophocles
# But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and
profitless.
Sophocles
# A human being is only breath and shadow.
Sophocles
# A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
Sophocles
# Trouble brings trouble upon trouble.
Sophocles
# I do not care for such speech in the midst of ills; harsh words, even when
just, still
sting. Sophocles
# For most men friendship is a faithless harbor.
Sophocles
# Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death—what
pleasure
does it... Sophocles
A Sample List of Proverbs
"The eyes are the window to the soul."
"When life gives you scraps make quilts."
"It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it."
"Caveat emptor — Let the buyer beware."
"The heart that loves is always young."
"He who lives by the sword dies by the sword."
"Desperate times call for desperate measures."
"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."
"A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a
home."
"A drop of honey catches more flies than a hogshead of vinegar."
"A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in
seven years."
"A good husband should be deaf and a good wife should be blind."
"Call on God, but row away from the rocks."
"Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently."
"Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true."
"No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back."
"It doesn't work to leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten-foot jumps."
"Love makes time pass; time makes love pass."
"Fear not a jest. If one throws salt at you, you will not be harmed unless
you have sore places."
"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you."
"You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is
running inside you." "Faith is like a bird that feels dawn breaking and
sings while it is still dark."
"It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your
life."
"May your every wish be granted."
"Get the coffin ready and the man won't die."
End
of the List of Proverbs
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