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Joy of life... depends upon a certain spontaneity in regard to sex. Where sex is repressed, only work remains, and a gospel of work for work's sake never produced any work worth doing.
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 firm YOU are obstinate HE is a pig-headed fool.
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Clergymen almost necessarily fail in two ways as teachers of morals. They condemn acts which do no harm and they condone acts which do great harm.
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Some `advanced thinkers' are of the opinion that anyone who differs from the conventional opinion must be in the right. This is a delusion if it were not, truth would be easier to come by than it is.
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The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love.
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In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.
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Broadly speaking, we are in the middle of a race between human skill as a means and human folly as an end.
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What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry.
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Life is just one cup of coffee after another, and don't look for anything else.
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