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Quote by Bertrand Russell
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. – Bertrand Russell

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Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. – Bertrand Russell

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The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his thoughts are of things which they devour. – Bertrand Russell

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Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person. – Ethel Watts Mumford

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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance. – Hippocrates

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Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion. – Albert J. Nock

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But now with the living conditions deteriorating, and with the sure knowledge that we are slated for destruction, we have been transformed into an implacable army of liberation. – George Jackson

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A great library contains the diary of the human race. – George Mercer Dawson

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One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God. – Meister Eckhart

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Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. Its the best part of the day. – George Allen, Sr.

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