Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
BERTRAND RUSSELLAristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.
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The secret of happiness is very simple: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.
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A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.
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It seems to me fundamental dishonesty, and a fundamental treachery to intellectual integrity to hold a belief because you think it’s useful and not because you think it’s true.
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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
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This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered to me.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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