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War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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Grasshopper always wrong in argument with chicken.
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Upon hearing via Littlewood an exposition on the theory of relativity: To think I have spent my life on absolute muck.
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The method of postulating what we want has many advantages they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil.
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