
“O vício chega às portas da necessidade, não às portas da inclinação.”
“O vício chega às portas da necessidade, não às portas da inclinação.”
A General History of the Pyrates
“O verdadeiro é o delírio báquico no qual nenhum membro deixa de estar embriagado.”
“Todas as religiões baseiam-se no medo de muitos e na esperteza de poucos.”
Toutes les religions — excepté la véritable, celle du lecteur — sont fondées sur la peur du plus grand nombre et l'adresse de quelques-uns.
citado em "Stendhal-Beyle" - página 224, Arthur Chuquet - Plon-Nourrit et cie, 1902 - 548 páginas
Atribuídas
People will tell us that without the consolations of religion they would be intolerably unhappy. So far as this is true, it is a coward's argument. Nobody but a coward would consciously choose to live in a fool's paradise. When a man suspects his wife of infidelity, he is not thought the better of for shutting his eyes to the evidence. And I cannot see why ignoring evidence should be contemptible in one case and admirable in the other.
Last philosophical testament: 1943-68 - Volume 11, Página 546 http://books.google.com.br/books?id=r1jBN5iehKsC&pg=PA546, Bertrand Russell, John G. Slater, Peter Köllner - Routledge, 1997, ISBN 0415094097, 9780415094092 - 878 páginas
Life is too short to be interested in everything, but it is good to be interested in as many things as are necessary to fill our days.
The conquest of happiness - Página 160, Bertrand Russell - H. Liveright, 1930 - 249 páginas
The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, vol. 2: 1914-1944. Allen & Unwin, 1968. Página 188.
Original: I was told that the Chinese said that they would bury me by the Western Lake and build a shrine to my memory. I have some slight regret that this did not happen, as I might have become a god, which would have been very chic for an atheist.
“Todas as ciências exatas são dominadas pela ideia da aproximação.”
Variante: Todas as ciências exactas são dominadas pela ideia da aproximação.