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Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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I am aware that many divines are far more marvelous than I am, and that I cannot wholly appreciate merits so far transcending my own. Nevertheless, even after making allowances under this head, I cannot but think that Omnipotence operating through all eternity might have produced something better.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
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A hallucination is a fact, not an error what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.
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