Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so.

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  The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to

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  Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

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  The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

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  A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.

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  The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

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  The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.

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  The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invent