And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence.
BERTRAND RUSSELLI hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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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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To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.
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Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
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Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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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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Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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To write a tragedy, a man must feel the tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.
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