Quote by Bertrand Russell
There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily r

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less. – Bertrand Russell

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Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. Unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance. – Bertrand Russell

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Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. – Bertrand Russell

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How sick one gets of being good, how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours embody selfishness. – Alice James

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I like cinema audiences. I respect them, and I talk to them just like I would anybody I know. – Roland Joffe

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I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest. – Rodney Dangerfield

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I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect. – Neil Gaiman

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