I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
From Bertrand Russell
Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.
Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.
Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.
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