Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race. Bertrand Russell contemptdisguiseelegant Change image and share on social
Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution. Bertrand Russell amountcommonendure Change image and share on social
Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy. Bertrand Russell admirableadmirefall Change image and share on social
Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one. Bertrand Russell controlcreativeforce Change image and share on social
There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Bertrand Russell comfortablecontemptibleface Change image and share on social
Drunkenness is temporary suicide. Bertrand Russell drunkennesssuicidetemporary Change image and share on social
In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards. Bertrand Russell admitamericaapply share on social
The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics. Bertrand Russell conceptenergyfundamental Change image and share on social
Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy. Bertrand Russell gloomyhappyitaly Change image and share on social
