"All the time that he can spare from……" — Bertrand Russell

"All the time that he can spare from the adornment of his person, he devotes to the neglect of his duties."

— Bertrand Russell

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824 Quotes by Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell has 824 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to…
I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan…
If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.
But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done…
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the second…
One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think…
Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit.
The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without…
Life is just one cup of coffee after another, and don't look for anything else.
Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in…
Drunkeness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.
Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man.

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More Adornment Quotes

This quote is filed under Adornment Quotes, one of 30 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Enoch predicted that "the demons and the spirits of the angelic apostates would turn into idolatry all the elements, all… — Tertullian
Valor is the soldier's adornment. — Livy
Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart. — Coco Chanel
If, like Hume, I had all manner of adornment in my power, I would still have reservations about using them.… — Immanuel Kant
Isn't that the problem? That women have been swindled for centuries into substituting adornment for love, fashion (as it were)… — Erica Jong
Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to… — Jean de la Bruyere
A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much. — Lloyd Alexander
Before the development of tourism, travel was conceived to be like study, and it's fruits were considered to be the… — Paul Fussell
Simplicity is the greatest adornment of art. — Albrecht Durer
It is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with… — Isaac Barrow
The adornment of the body is a human need. I don't see anything superficial about it unless your life becomes… — David LaChapelle
The man had added to his body in a way that was brave and timeless and beyond adornment. — Sarah Hall

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