In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards. – Bertrand Russell
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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important. – Bertrand Russell
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The degree of ones emotions varies inversely with ones knowledge of the facts. – Bertrand Russell
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