Bertrand Russell Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)
Bertrand Russell quotes and sayings page 7 (deceased philosopher born on May 18, 1872). Here's quote # 61 through 70 out of the 133 we have for him.
“Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.”
“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.”
“Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.”
“Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.”
“The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe.”
“The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.”
“The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.”
“Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.”
“None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.”
“No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.”
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