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Three passions, simple but overwhelming, have governed my life: th

Three passions, simple but overwhelming, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. – Bertrand Russell, Autobiography, 1967

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Every man is the son of his own works. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Nature has placed man under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. – Jeremy Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation, 1789

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It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle. РAndr̩ Gide, Journals, 26 October 1924

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The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. – Hubert Humphrey, speech, Madison, Wisconsin, 23 August 1965

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