Some 'advanced thinkers' are of the opinion that anyone who differs from the conventional opinion must be in the right. This is a delusion; if it were not, truth would be easier to come by than it is

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a...

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a...

Liberty is the right to do what I like; license, the right to do what...

Liberty is the right to do what I like; license, the right to do what...

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...

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It...

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It...

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...

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

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...

It's a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just...

It's a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just...

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...

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be...

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be...

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

The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever...

The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever...

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater...

The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater...

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all...

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all...

To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is...

To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is...

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...

To be worthy of the name, he must be free of two things; the force...

To be worthy of the name, he must be free of two things; the force...