Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves,...

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves,...

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good...

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good...

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we...

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we...

More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the...

More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the...

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...

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...

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

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

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of...

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of...

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...

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...

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important...

The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important...

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...

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

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...

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I...

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I...

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...

One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and...

One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing...

The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing...