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Bertrand Russell British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.

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.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.



Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one΄s work is terribly important.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.

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