When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband …

Bertrand Russell
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When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2014). The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, p.553, Routledge
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When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2014). The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, p.553, Routledge

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