Self-respect will keep a man from being abject when he is in the power of enemies, and will enable him to feel that he may be in the right when the w… - Bertrand Russell
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Self-respect will keep a man from being abject when he is in the power of enemies, and will enable him to feel that he may be in the right when the world is against him.
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. In 1950, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something that he can understand.
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In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word "experience" have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word. It is to be feared, however, that if the word is avoided the confusions of thought with which it has been associated may persist.
