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Science, by itself cannot, supply us with an ethic.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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Man is a rational animal – so at least I have been told. Throughout a long life, I have looked diligently for evidence in favour of this statement, but so far I have not had the good fortune to come across it, though I have searched in many countries spread over three continents.
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My sad conviction is that people can only agree about what they're not really interested in.
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To create a healthy philosophy you should renounce metaphysics but be a good mathematician.
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
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Many a marriage hardly differs from prostitution, except being harder to escape from.
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