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In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying.	Bertrand Russell
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.	Bertrand Russell
It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.	Bertrand Russell
It is only intellect that keeps me sane; perhaps this makes me over value intellect against feelings.	Bertrand Russell
It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.	Bertrand Russell
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.	Bertrand Russell
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.	Bertrand Russell
Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so.	Bertrand Russell
Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.	Bertrand Russell
Mathematics, rightly viewed, posses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.	Bertrand Russell
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Though	Bertrand Russell
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.	Bertrand Russell
Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so.	Bertrand Russell
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.	Bertrand Russell
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.	Bertrand Russell