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.
-- Bertrand Russell, Autobiography
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.
-- Bertrand Russell, Autobiography
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- It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have
been searching for evidence which could support this.
Bertrand... - I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
Bertrand... - I would not become a member of a club or organization,
that would have me as one of its members -- Groucho... - If someone had told me I would be Pope
one day, I would have studied harder.
Pope John Paul...
