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Conquest of Happiness from Bertrand Russell

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

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A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with patient resignation.

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One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways.

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