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A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relati

A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation. – Bertrand Russell

Other quotes by Bertrand Russell

I’ve made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite. – Bertrand Russell

Category:
Civilization
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Bertrand Russell
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Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling? – Bertrand Russell

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Propaganda
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Bertrand Russell
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I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe – because, like Spinozas God, it wont love us in return. – Bertrand Russell

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God
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Bertrand Russell
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My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group there was much less competition. – Indira Gandhi

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work

See, winners embrace hard work. – Lou Holtz

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work

Golf is good, it means I get some fresh air and exercise, take my mind off work and see some of the landscape of the place Im visiting. – Harry Connick, Jr.

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work

According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules. – Jeff Miller

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work

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Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else. – Jose Ortega y Gasset

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A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience. – Lester Bangs

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