Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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If politics is to become scientific, and if the event is not to be constantly...

If politics is to become scientific, and if the event is not to be constantly...

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

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

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

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children...

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children...

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three...

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three...

In order to be happy we require all kinds of supports to our self-esteem. We...

In order to be happy we require all kinds of supports to our self-esteem. We...

Whenever one finds oneself inclined to bitterness, it is a sign of emotional failure.

Whenever one finds oneself inclined to bitterness, it is a sign of emotional failure.

You may, if you are an old-fashioned schoolmaster, wish to consider yourself full of universal...

You may, if you are an old-fashioned schoolmaster, wish to consider yourself full of universal...

The man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man; neither was...

The man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man; neither was...

Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of...

Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of...

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some...

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some...

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain...

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain...

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...

The completely untravelled person will view all foreigners as the savage regards the members of...

The completely untravelled person will view all foreigners as the savage regards the members of...

Man is a feeble creature, to whom only submission and worship are besoming. Pride is...

Man is a feeble creature, to whom only submission and worship are besoming. Pride is...

Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the...

Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the...

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Tis woman that seduces all mankind, By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.

Tis woman that seduces all mankind, By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.