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Quote by Bertrand Russell
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. – Bertrand Russell

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Boredom is… a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. – Bertrand Russell

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Fear
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Bertrand Russell
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What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer. – Bertrand Russell

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Torture
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Bad is never good until worse happens. – Danish Proverb

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You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave. – Henry Ward Beecher

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God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage. – Proverb

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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. – Russian Proverb

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