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"There is an artist imprisoned in each one of us. Let him loose to spread joy everywhere."
Bertrand RussellThere are some simple maxims [...] which I think might be commanded to — Bertrand Russell
"There are some simple maxims [...] which I think might be commanded to writers of expository prose. First: never use a long word if a short word will do. Second: if you want to make a statement with a great many qualifications, put some of the qualifications in separate sentences. Third: do not let the beginning of your sentence lead the reader to an expectation which is contradicted by the end."
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, logician, mathematician, and public intellectual. He influenced mathematics, logic, set theory, and various areas of analytic philosophy.
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"I have been merely oppressed by the weariness and tedium and vanity of things lately: nothing stirs me, nothing seems worth doing or worth having done: the only thing that I strongly feel worth while would be to murder as many people as possible so as to diminish the amount of consciousness in the world. These times have to be lived through: there is nothing to be done with them."
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"The facts of science, as they appeared to him [Heraclitus], fed the flame in his soul, and in its light, he saw into the depths of the world."
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"Why? Surely they can find other men."
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"Democracy is the process by which people choose the man wholl get the blame."
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"Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact."
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