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Quote by Bertrand Russell
The degree of ones emotions varies inversely with ones knowledge o

The degree of ones emotions varies inversely with ones knowledge of the facts. – Bertrand Russell

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Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power. – Bertrand Russell

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power
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Bertrand Russell
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I’ve made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite. – Bertrand Russell

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Civilization
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Bertrand Russell
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For the progress of scientific knowledge will lead to a constant increase of expenditure. – Richard Cobden

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The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained. – David Bohm

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Knowledge

Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered. – Abdallah II

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Knowledge

The knowledge that there is a part of the psychic functions that are out of conscious reach, we did not need to wait for Freud to know this! – Jacques Lacan

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The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why, patriots spring up like mushrooms! – Robert Walpole

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The governments view is that the best time to announce bad news, news that it doesnt want the public to dwell on is late on a Friday, when it will wind up in the Saturday papers, which if you were readers, then the week day editions. A holiday weekend is even better. – Bob Schieffer

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He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man. – Mencius

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The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives. – Paul Muldoon

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