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The mind is a strange machine which can combine the materials offered to it in the most astonishing ways.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.
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This idea of weapons of mass extermination is utterly horrible and is something which no one with one spark of humanity can tolerate.
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Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.
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Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts which could not exist without it.
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Religion may in most of its forms be defined as the belief that the gods are on the side of the government.
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The axiomatic method has many advantages over honest work.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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