#selves

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another. ↗

— Joseph Roux

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Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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The message of women's liberation is that women can love each other and ourselves against our degrading education. ↗

— Jane Rule

#degrading #each #education #liberation #love

There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense in order to endure existence everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives. ↗

— Todd Rundgren

#certain #dishonesty #endure #endures #everyday

There are still people who believe in that and wake up every day believing it's possible, and invest their whole selves in that. ↗

— Todd Rundgren

#believing #day #every #every day #invest

Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reproduce more frequently among themselves than they do with individuals in other groups. ↗

— J. Philippe Rushton

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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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