One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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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.

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...

What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life

What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love...

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love...

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.

It is illegal in England to state in print that a wife can and should...

It is illegal in England to state in print that a wife can and should...

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 conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

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...

What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with...

What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with...

Sin is geographical.

Sin is geographical.

The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.

The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin --...

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin --...

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of...

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of...

If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced...

If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced...

Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired...

Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired...

Marriage is when a man and woman become as one; the trouble starts when they...

Marriage is when a man and woman become as one; the trouble starts when they...

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common...

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common...

The difference in the stature, vitality, voice, development, muscular quality and physical strength of men...

The difference in the stature, vitality, voice, development, muscular quality and physical strength of men...

There is nothing wrong with a woman welcoming all men's advances as long as they...

There is nothing wrong with a woman welcoming all men's advances as long as they...