The need for prostitution arises from the fact that many men are either unmarried or away from their wives on journeys, that such men are not content to remain continent, and that in a conventionally virtuous community they do not…

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature.

The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature.

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...

Marriages may be made in heaven, but man is responsible for the maintenance work

Marriages may be made in heaven, but man is responsible for the maintenance work

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach...

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach...

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield...

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield...

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.

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.

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

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

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

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...

Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it.

Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it.

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based...

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based...

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

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

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...

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more...

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more...

It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for...

It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for...

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which...

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which...