There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who ca…

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There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2013). Human Society in Ethics and Politics, p.219, Routledge
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There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2013). Human Society in Ethics and Politics, p.219, Routledge

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