Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly the case, and every housemaid expects at least once a week as much excitement as would have lasted a Jane Austen heroine throughout a whole…

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and...

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and...

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult...

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult...

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power

The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power

Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, the chief glory...

Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, the chief glory...

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual...

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual...

It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts...

It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts...

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work...

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work...

In order to be happy we require all kinds of supports to our self-esteem. We...

In order to be happy we require all kinds of supports to our self-esteem. We...

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the...

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the...

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Sex outside marriage is sin; sex within marriage is not sin.

Sex outside marriage is sin; sex within marriage is not sin.

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

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

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

Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are...

Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are...

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...

Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of...

Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of...

If you cant change a situation, let the situation change you.

If you cant change a situation, let the situation change you.

What we aspire to be is more than what we are yet less than what...

What we aspire to be is more than what we are yet less than what...