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> [A widespread belief is more often likely to be foolish than sensible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/a-widespread-belief-is-more-often-likely-to-be-foolish-than-sensible/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/our-great-democracies-still-tend-to-think-that-a-stupid-man-is-more-2/)

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> [“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-fundamental-cause-of-the-trouble-is-that-in-the-modern-world-the/)

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> [When people begin to philosophize they seem to think it necessary to make themselves artificially stupid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/when-people-begin-to-philosophize-they-seem-to-think-it-necessary-to/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-trouble-with-the-world-is-that-the-stupid-are-cocksure-and-the/)

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> [Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/men-are-born-ignorant-not-stupid-they-are-made-stupid-by-education/)

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> [To be out of harmony with one's surroundings is of course a misfortune, but it is not always a misfortune to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/to-be-out-of-harmony-with-one-s-surroundings-is-of-course-a/)

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> [A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/a-stupid-man-s-report-of-what-a-clever-man-says-can-never-be-accurate/)

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> [What's the difference between a bright, inquisitive five-year-old, and a dull, stupid nineteen-year-old? Fourteen years of the British educational system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/what-s-the-difference-between-a-bright-inquisitive-five-year-old-and/)

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> [A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/a-stupid-man-s-report-of-what-a-clever-man-says-is-never-accurate/)

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> [Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/our-great-democracies-still-tend-to-think-that-a-stupid-man-is-more/)

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> [Democracy has at least one merit, namely that a Member of Parliament cannot be stupider than his constituents, for the more stupid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/democracy-has-at-least-one-merit-namely-that-a-member-of-parliament/)

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> [One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/one-of-the-painful-things-about-our-time-is-that-those-who-feel/)

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> [An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/an-honest-politician-will-not-be-tolerated-by-a-democracy-unless-he/)

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> [A good social system is not to be secured by making people unselfish, but, by making their own vital impulses fit in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/a-good-social-system-is-not-to-be-secured-by-making-people-unselfish/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [Owing to the identification of religion with virtue, together with the fact that the most religious men are not the most intelligent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/owing-to-the-identification-of-religion-with-virtue-together-with-the/)

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> [And all this madness, all this rage, all this flaming death of our civilization and our hopes, has been brought about because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/and-all-this-madness-all-this-rage-all-this-flaming-death-of-our/)

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> [The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-fundamental-cause-of-the-trouble-is-that-in-the-modern-world-the-2/)

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## Other authors on Stupid

## More by Bertrand Russell

> [ If the State does not acquire supremacy over \[vast private\] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/if-the-state-does-not-acquire-supremacy-over-vast-private-enterprises/)

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> [That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/that-the-world-is-in-a-bad-shape-is-undeniable-but-there-is-not-the/)

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> [All movements go too far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/all-movements-go-too-far/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

> [Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/those-who-advocate-common-usage-in-philosophy-sometimes-speak-in-a/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

> [“Such, in outline, but even more purposeless, more void of meaning, is the world which Science presents for our belief. Amid such a world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/such-in-outline-but-even-more-purposeless-more-void-of-meaning-is-the/)

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> [Dr. Arnold . . . the admired reformer of public schools, came across some cranks who thought it a mistake to flog boys. Anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/dr-arnold-the-admired-reformer-of-public-schools-came-across-some/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

> [Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial conflict.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/of-all-evils-of-war-the-greatest-is-the-purely-spiritual-evil-the/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

> [Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/aristotle-maintained-that-women-have-fewer-teeth-than-men-although-he/)

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> [If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/if-an-opinion-contrary-to-your-own-makes-you-angry-that-is-a-sign/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

> [I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-cannot-escape-from-the-conclusion-that-the-great-ages-of-progress/)

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> [I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-think-it-would-be-just-to-say-the-most-essential-characteristic-of/)

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> [The newspapers at one time said that I was dead but after carefully examining the evidence I came to the conclusion that this statement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-newspapers-at-one-time-said-that-i-was-dead-but-after-carefully/)

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> [“Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/persecution-is-used-in-theology-not-in-arithmetic-because-in/)

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> [“Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/many-orthodox-people-speak-as-though-it-were-the-business-of-sceptics/)

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> [There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour children except, that while the children are young, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/there-is-no-greater-reason-for-children-to-honour-parents-than-for/)

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