Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
BERTRAND RUSSELLDo not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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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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Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.
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The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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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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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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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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Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts that could not exist without it.
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Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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