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Real life is, to most men, a long second best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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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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To discover a system for the avoidance of war is a vital need of our civilisation.
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Change is scientific progress is ethical change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.
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Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.
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For love of domination we must substitute equality for love of victory we must substitute justice for brutality we must substitute intelligence for competition we must substitute cooperation. We must learn to think of the human race as one family.
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The taboo against nakedness is an obstacle to a decent attitude on the subject of sex.
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Worry is a form of fear, and all forms of fear produce fatigue. A man who has learned not to feel fear will find the fatigue of daily life enormously diminished.
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