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

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In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying.

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The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy - I mean that if you are happy you will be good.

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Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.

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Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting.

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The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.

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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

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Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.

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Take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then say it with the utmost levity.

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Good taste is always an asset.

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