Quote by Bertrand Russell Download Open image ““Very few people are able to discount the effect of circumstances upon their own characters.”” — Bertrand Russell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them.” — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
“There is no effort in collecting judgements. Being wise with them requires a act of true character.” — Joel Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
“Every circumstance gives us a chance to develop our character.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Very often the characters people respond best to have little parts of reality they can relate to.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“The character of people varies, and it is easy to persuade them of a thing, but difficult to keep them in that persuasion.” — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“You can easily judge the character of a person by how he treats those who can do nothing for him” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Character depends on characters. Few people are character. Other's should try to opt one but they don't, they lose.” — Vikram Roy Copy Share Image
“Association with other people corrupts our character; especially when we have none.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“My own preferences had little bearing on the outcome of events.” — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.' — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Such, in outline, but even more purposeless, more void of meaning, is the world which Science presents for our belief. Amid such a world,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Dr. Arnold . . . the admired reformer of public schools, came across some cranks who thought it a mistake to flog boys. Anyone… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial conflict. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The newspapers at one time said that I was dead but after carefully examining the evidence I came to the conclusion that this statement… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image