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You may reasonably expect a man to walk a tightrope safely for ten minutes it would be unreasonable to do so without accident for two hundred years.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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War...seems a mere madness, a collective insanity.
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The man who only loves beautiful things is dreaming, whereas the man who knows absolute beauty is wide awake.
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War grows out of ordinary human nature.
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