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I will begin with the self-styled "Christian" party, who profess to base their morality on the New Testament. But whether it is really more Christian to follow or to ignore the teachings of the Gospels I shall not discuss.

— F. H. Bradley

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Of Optimism I have said that "The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil."

The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one’s own mind.

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The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.

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Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.

The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.

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