There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.

—Bertrand Russell

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About Bertrand Russell

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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was an English mathematician and philosopher. A founder of analytic philosophy, he was a leading philosopher of the 20th century who produced pioneering work in logic, set theory, and philosophy of language. Russell popularised philosophy to...

More quotations from Bertrand Russell

One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways.

—Bertrand Russell

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There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

—Bertrand Russell

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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.

—Bertrand Russell

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The whiter my hair becomes, the more ready people are to believe what I say.

—Bertrand Russell

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A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.

—Bertrand Russell

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More quotations tagged with “enjoyment”

He that would enjoy life and act with freedom must have the work of the day continually before his eyes.

—James Clerk Maxwell

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It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

—Blaise Pascal

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I don't very much enjoy looking at paintings in general. I know too much about them. I take them apart.

—Georgia O'Keeffe

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Her life was beginning to make sense again, although she couldn't say that she was enjoying it. But her mind was clear, and her heart was not constantly as heavy. Only when she thought about him. But she knew that in time, she'd survive it. She had done it before and would again. Eventually the heart repairs.

—Danielle Steel in Miracle

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I love you, and more than that, I like you. I enjoy spending time with you.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Lucky One

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