Tag: Bertrand Russell
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Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.
Bertrand Russell
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Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.
Bertrand Russell
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
Bertrand Russell
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The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
Bertrand Russell
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The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
Bertrand Russell
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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
Bertrand Russell
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
Bertrand Russell
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The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
Bertrand Russell
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The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
Bertrand Russell
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The man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life, which is impossible to the pure egoist.
Bertrand Russell