"Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate."

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Bertrand Russell

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" Whatever we know without inference is mental. "
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" I should say that the universe is just there, and that is all. "
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" Too little liberty brings stagnation, and too much brings chaos. "
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" Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires. "
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" Change is one thing, progress is another. "
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" Choose your parents wisely. "
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" All movements go too far. "
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" Anything you're good at contributes to happiness. "
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" One must look into hell before one has any right to speak of heaven. "
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" How much good it would do if one could exterminate the human race. "
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