Bertrand Russell

Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half of the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it

A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with patient resignation.

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

The degree of one's emotion varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts - the less you know the hotter you get.

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim. - Bertrand Russell