No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which...

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which...

For over two thousand years it has been the custom among earnest moralists to decry...

For over two thousand years it has been the custom among earnest moralists to decry...

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then,...

In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then,...

Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make...

Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make...

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such...

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such...

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy...

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy...

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing...

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing...

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster.

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster.

If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book,...

If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book,...

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...

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...

If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also...

If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also...

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness

Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth

Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth

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...

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that...

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that...

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

Protect your good image from the eyes of negative viewers, who may look at your...

Protect your good image from the eyes of negative viewers, who may look at your...

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...