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“The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.”

— George Bernard Shaw

gpspirit34009 5 Sep 24
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Bertrand Russel, Shaw's friend, said that

"Shaw, like many witty men, considered wit an adequate substitute for wisdom.'

Shaw was no teetotaler, and he had a tremendous line of BS

cava Level 7 Sep 24, 2018
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Ignorance is bliss.

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Word.

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Great quote from Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1960)

Time - Phrase

01:13:12 ...he told me there was only one man in the town

01:13:15 who was happy altogether...

01:13:19 the village idiot.
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I don’t believe that they are happier.

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