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Letter "B" » Bertrand Russell Quotes
«It is illegal in England to state in print that a wife can and should derive sexual pleasure from intercourse»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Sex,
Women
| Keywords:
derive, illegal, intercourse, print, sexual intercourse, sexual pleasure
«The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are so sure about things and the intelligent folks are so full of doubts.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Trouble
| Keywords:
biggest, Big Thing, cause, doubts, folks, full, intelligent, So Big, stupid, sure, sure thing, trouble
«People are zealous for a cause when they are not quite positive that it is true»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
People,
Positive thinking
| Keywords:
positive, zealous
«What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
accordance, affords, closely, explained, grossly, index, indexes, indices, instincts, insufficient, myths, offered, on the other hand, origin, overwhelming, scrutinize, scrutinized, scrutinizing, slightest, the Index, the Origin, unconscious
«Life is a brief, small, and transitory phenomenon in an obscure corner, not at all the sort of thing that one would make a fuss about if one were not personally concerned»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Life
| Keywords:
brief, concerned, corner, fuss, fussed, fussing, obscure, obscures, obscurest, personally, phenomenon, transitory
«None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.»
«Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Civilization,
Nature
| Keywords:
advance, civilization, denounce, denounced, denounces, denouncing, most recent, recent, unnatural
«Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Patriotism
| Keywords:
dying, killing, patriots, talk of, The Patriot
«Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.»
«My first advice on how not to grow old would be to choose you ancestors carefully.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Age
| Keywords:
advice, ancestors, carefully, choose, my first
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