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    Bertrand Russell
    “There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: confidence, eccentricity, philosophy
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    Bertrand Russell
    “The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: doubt, intelligent, problems, smart, stupid, world
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    Bertrand Russell
    “I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: paraphrased, philosophy
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    Bertrand Russell
    “In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: certainty, perspective, presumption, questioning
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.”
    ― Bertrand Russell, New Hopes for a Changing World
    tags: communism, democracy, dishonesty, funny, humour, politicians, politics, revolution, socialism
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    Bertrand Russell
    “The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
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    Bertrand Russell
    “When you want to teach children to think, you begin by treating them seriously when they are little, giving them responsibilities, talking to them candidly, providing privacy and solitude for them, and making them readers and thinkers of significant thoughts from the beginning. That’s if you want to teach them to think.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: children, teach, teaching
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.”
    ― Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays
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    Bertrand Russell
    “The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widely spread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.”
    ― Bertrand Russell, Marriage and Morals
    tags: belief, bertrand, evidence, foolish, majority, opinion, russell
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    Bertrand Russell
    “One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: dunning-kruger-effect
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    Robert Hughes
    “Confidence is the prize given to the mediocre”
    ― Robert Hughes
    tags: american-idol-audition, confidence, dunning-kruger-effect, kanye-west, mediocre-minds, mediocre-people, mediocrity, narcissism, self-esteem-movement
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.”
    ― Bertrand Russell, Am I an Atheist or an Agnostic?
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    Bertrand Russell
    “When considering marriage one should ask oneself this question; 'will I be able to talk with this person into old age?' Everything else is transitory, the most time is spent in conversation.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
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    Bertrand Russell
    “If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
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