A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in w…

Bertrand Russell
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A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2009). Authority and the Individual, p.11, Routledge
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