Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
From Bertrand Russell
Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.
Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me.
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.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.
A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known.
To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.
Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?
The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.
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