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My teacher, Professor Smil Sommarin, was a fine pedagogue, a very generous person, and a great admirer of Kurt Wicksell.

~Bertil Ohlin

Topics: Admirer Fine Generous Great Kurt Person Professor Teacher Very

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Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong.

~Bertolt Brecht

Topics: Great Sign Something Sure Virtues Whenever Wrong

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A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.

~Bertrand Russell

Topics: Atmosphere Dare Extent Great Great Extent Happy Happy Life Joy Life Live Must Only Quiet Quiet Life True

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Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.

~Bertrand Russell

Topics: Comfortable Destructive Established Free Great Habit Institutions Merciless Privilege Revolutionary Subversive Swift Terrible Thought

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The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

~Bertrand Russell

Topics: Belong Charming Differs Fact Feared Great Great Men He History Loved Lunatics Many Megalomaniac Men Most Narcissist Powerful Rather Seeks Than Type Wishes

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The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.

~Bertrand Russell

Topics: Aim Animals Civilised Even Great Importance Matter Men Most Philosophy Practical Savages Theoretical Understanding Which World

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Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.

~Bertrand Russell

Topics: Act Crowd Fear Great Influence Man Nation Neither Nor Think Trusted

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Once people have seen four or five Henry Moores, they will have a sense of great art.

~Bess Myerson

Topics: Art Five Four Great Great Art Henry Once People Seen Sense Will

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I'm a great believer in karma, and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately mean is generally enough for me.

~Beth Ditto

Topics: Believer Deliberately Enough Generally Great Great Believer Karma Me Mean Serve Those Up Vengeance Who

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As with most phobias, the fear of flying does make some sense, but if ever there was a fear worth quashing then this is it. After all, life is short, and there's a great big world to explore out there.

~Beth Ditto

Topics: After Big Does Ever Explore Fear Flying Great Life Life Is Short Make Most Out Phobias Sense Short Some Then World Worth

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