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• Quote #286 I was told that the Chinese said that they would 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....
• The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
  -- Bertrand Russell (1872-1967)...
• Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -- Bertrand Russell (1872-1967)
• I've always thought respectable people scoundrels, and I look anxiously at my face every morning for signs of my becoming a scoundrel.
  -- Bertrand Russell (1872-1967)...
• Although it is a gloomy view to suppose that life will die out, sometimes when I contemplate the things that people do with their lives I think it is almost a consolation.
  -- Bertrand Russell...
• It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
  -- Bertrand Russell...