“The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.”
— Bertrand Russell
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Neither a man nor a crowd nor
“Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.”
— Bertrand Russell
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None but a coward dares to boast
“None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.”
— Bertrand Russell
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Admiration of the proletariat, like that of
“Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age.”
— Bertrand Russell
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Freedom in general may be defined as
“Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.”
— Bertrand Russell
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We are faced with the paradoxical fact
“We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.”
— Bertrand Russell
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Patriots always talk of dying for their
“Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.”
— Bertrand Russell
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The secret to happiness is to face
“The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.”
— Bertrand Russell
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Both in thought and in feeling, even
“Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.”
— Bertrand Russell
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Men who are unhappy, like men who
“Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.”
— Bertrand Russell
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They
“Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.”
— Bertrand Russell
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