- Lord Bertrand Russell
(05/18/1872 – 02/02/1970)
Welsh philosopher
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| "And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky, Whereunder crawling coop't we live and die, Lift not thy hands to It for help—for It Rolls impotently on as Thou or I."
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"The whole problem with the world is that fools
and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full
of doubts."
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| "To my embarrassment, I was born in bed with a lady." |
"If a person desires to be a humorist it is necessary that the people around him shall be at least as wise as he is, otherwise his humor will not be comprehended."
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"Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes."
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"John is half-tyrant, half-revolutionary; half-saint, half-satan; half-possible, half-impossible; half-genius, half-Irish."
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"The audience knows I'm not going to do anything after all these years to upset them."
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"Take your work seriously, but never yourself."
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"Man always travels along precipices. His truest obligation is to keep his balance."
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| "I'm never satisfied with my own work." |  |
"I'd rather hit than have sex."
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"You see I am very stupid. I don't understand or talk well. I take it easy every day. I am like an idiot. Be like this every day, and then you'll look young."
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"According to a new study, women in satisfying marriages are less likely to develop cardiovascular diseases than unmarried women. So don't worry lonely women, you'll be dead soon."
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