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Even in civilized mankind faint traces of monogamous instinct can be perceived.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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Bertrand Arthur William Russell
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Look at me. Look at me is one of the fundamental desires of human heart.
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I used often to go to America during Prohibition, and there was far more drunkenness there then than before the prohibition of pornography has much the same effect.
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Something of the hermit's temper is an essential element in many forms of excellence, since it enables men to resist the lure of popularity, to pursue important work in spite of general indifference or hostility, and arrive at opinions which are opposed to prevalent errors.
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Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the result of accidents
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Curious learning not only makes unpleasant things less unpleasant but also makes pleasant things more pleasant.
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I am as firmly convinced that religions do harm as I am that they are untrue.
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Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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The man who is unhappy will, as a rule, adopt an unhappy creed, while the man who is happy will adopt a happy creed each may attribute his happiness or unhappiness to his beliefs, while the real causation is the other way round.
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it [is] possible to suppose that, if Russia is allowed to have peace, an amazing industrial development may take place, making Russia a rival of the United States.
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We are all prone to the malady of the introvert who with the manifold spectacle of the world spread out before him, turns away and gazes only upon the emptiness within.
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The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love. all these are extra-rational, but love is not anti-rational, that is to say, a reasonable man may reasonably rejoice in its existence
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The Axiom of Choice is necessary to select a set from an infinite number of socks, but not an infinite number of shoes.
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I am firm YOU are obstinate HE is a pig-headed fool.
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Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.'
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For some reason which I have failed to understand, many people like the system [scientific totalitarianism] when it is Russian but disliked the very same system when it was German. I am compelled to think that this is due to the power of labels these people like whatever is labelled ‘Left’ without examining whether the label has any justification.
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When people begin to philosophize they seem to think it necessary to make themselves artificially stupid.
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A million million years gives us some time to prepare for the end . . . let us make the best of it.
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The experience of overcoming fear is extraordinarily delightful.
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