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Letter "B" » Bertrand Russell Quotes
«The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes of acts 'sins' and others 'virtue' on grounds that have nothing to do with their social consequences»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Christianity
| Keywords:
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«Civilized people cannot fully satisfy their sexual instinct without love»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Sex
| Keywords:
civilize, civilized, civilizes, civilizing, fully, instinct, satisfy, sexual, sexual love
«Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.»
«The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things»
«Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
friendly, propaganda, stir, stirs, stir up, tries
«Sin is geographical.»
«The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real state, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
automobiles, bonded, bonding, bonds, empathy, friendships, houses, in bonds, in stock, lands, measured, mercy, monetary, most-valuable, state, stocked, stocked with, stocking, stocks, terms, valuable, with mercy
«This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.»
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