The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widely spread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

Bertrand Russell
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  1. There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

  2. What you are to do without me I cannot imagine.

  3. Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

  4. A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

  5. The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

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