Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer...

Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer...

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the...

Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the...

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely...

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely...

The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes...

The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes...

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is...

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is...

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with...

I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with...

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and...

One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and...

Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's...

Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's...

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark...

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark...

Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly...

Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly...

Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed

Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men,...

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men,...

Men who allow their love of power to give them a distorted view of the...

Men who allow their love of power to give them a distorted view of the...

One time I asked you, why do you love him so much? you told me,...

One time I asked you, why do you love him so much? you told me,...

Do not wish to be anything except what you are.

Do not wish to be anything except what you are.

The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses...

The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses...

Use power to curb power

Use power to curb power