Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
BERTRAND RUSSELLIs there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
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Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
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There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.
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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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