Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.Quote, saying and phrase by: Bertrand ... Read more

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established ... Read more

Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.Quote, saying and phrase by: Bertrand ... Read more

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.Quote, saying and phrase by: Bertrand ... Read more

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.Quote, saying and phrase by: Bertrand ... Read more

Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.Quote, saying and phrase by: Bertrand ... Read more

Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that they underestimate the part that discipline plays. ... Read more

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.Quote, saying and phrase by: Bertrand ... Read more

One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity. Credulity is a greater evil in the present day than it ever ... Read more

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.Quote, saying and phrase by: Bertrand ... Read more