An honest man is always a child.

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I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan is a fiction. The Christian god may exist; so may the gods of Olympus, or of ancient Egypt, or of Babylon. But no one of these hypotheses is more probable than any other: they lie outside the region of even probable knowledge, and therefore there is no reason to consider any of them. ― Bertrand Russell

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Just like my Uncle Charlie used to say, just before he sprung the trap: He said, "You can't cheat and honest man! Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump! ― W. C. Fields

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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 something he can understand. ― Bertrand Russell

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The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest. -Rodney Dangerfield

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3-parts dead. ― Bertrand Russell

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It's easy to be taken advantage of if you're not honest.

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Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. ― Bertrand Russell

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Nature is honest, we aren't; we embalm our dead.

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There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. ― Bertrand Russell

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