Quote by Bertrand Russell
Common sense, however it tries, cannot avoid being surprised from

Common sense, however it tries, cannot avoid being surprised from time to time. – 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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Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself. – Bertrand Russell

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The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. – Bertrand Russell

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I cannot tell by what logic we call a toad, a bear, or an elephant ugly; they being created in those outward shapes and figures which best express the actions of their inward forms. – Sir Thomas Browne

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The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational. – A. N. Wilson

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Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge. – Benjamin Jowett

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From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other. – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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