Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
BERTRAND RUSSELLFreedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence that could support this.
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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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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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Love is something far more than the desire for sexual intercourse it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.
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The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
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The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
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The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
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None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
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I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
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