The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.

—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...

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When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others.

—Bertrand Russell

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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

—Bertrand Russell

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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.

—Bertrand Russell

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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.

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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

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Anger is a tool for change when it challenges us to become more of an expert on the self and less of an expert on others.

—Harriet Lerner

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People say children from broken homes have it hard, but the children of charmed marriages have their own particular challenges.

—Gillian Flynn in Gone Girl

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I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.

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Be a bit of a challenge; not because you're playing games but because you realize you're worth the extra effort.

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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The sign of a good marriage is that everything is debatable and challenged; nothing is turned into law or policy. The rules, if any, are known only to the two players, who seek no public trophies.

—Carolyn G. Heilbrun

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