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The meaning of a word is not a mental entity， but a social practice.
To do things with words is not a special kind of doing， but a special kind of speaking.
Words and deeds are not separate， but intimately connected.
A 'performative' utterance is not true or false， but happy or unhappy.
It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires， rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.
War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war， is much worse.
The question is not， Can they reason？ nor， Can they talk？ but， Can they suffer？