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Quote by Bertrand Russell

“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3-parts dead.”

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Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, mathematician, and logician born on May 18, 1872, and died on February 2, 1970. He is known for his contributions to logic and mathematics, particularly in the fields of mathematical logic and philosophical analysis. His works spanned a wide range of subjects, including ethics, political philosophy, history, and literary criticism. more

“Não me acreditarás se eu te disser o que tenho diante de mim, todas as imagens da igreja estão com os olhos vendados (...) Imagino esse homem a entrar aqui vindo do mundo dos cegos, aonde depois teria de regressar para cegar também, imagino as portas fechadas, a igreja deserta, o silêncio, imagino as estátuas, as pinturas, vejo-o ir de uma para outra, a subir aos altares e a atar os panos, com dois nós, para que não deslacem e caiam, a as sentar duas mãos de tinta nas pinturas para tornar mais espessa a noite branca em que entraram, esse padre deve ter sido o maior sacrílego de todos os tempos e de todas as religiões, o mais justo, o mais radicalmente humano, o que veio aqui para declarar finalmente que Deus não merece ver.”

Religion

Book:Blindness

Source: Blindness

“By 'Perry Mason moment,' I mean that climactic instant during a trial when you have just done something fantastic and everyone in the courtroom knows it. Your brilliant question or some stunning admission you coerced from a witness has left the opposing lawyer reeling, his mouth agape, and jurors amazed and entertained. The case is won; the rest of the trial is a formality. Your friends and colleagues are itching to congratulate you as soon as a recess is called. Only a supreme effort of will on your part, coupled with the knowledge that the judge and jurors are watching, keeps you from high-fiving everyone in sight.”

Humor Trials Courtroom Drama Lawyers Legal Thriller Prosecutors Courtroom Trial Cross Examination District Attorneys Perry Mason

Book:Scoundrels to the Hoosegow: Perry Mason Moments and Entertaining Cases from the Files of a Prosecuting Attorney

Source: Scoundrels to the Hoosegow: Perry Mason Moments and Entertaining Cases from the Files of a Prosecuting Attorney

“We can immortalise, glorify and canonise, but irk us and we are just as easily able to eviscerate you with a single blow of the pen where you will remain wretchedly exposed for all eternity....”

Exposed Glorify Pen Eviscerate Canonise Immortalise Wretchedly

Author:Virginia Alison

“Critics vent spleen to eviscerate the more competent.”